Tiana Echegaray

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Tiana Echegaray
Personal information
BornTiana Marie Baker Echegaray
(1993-09-16) 16 September 1993 (age 32) [1]
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Weight class Bantamweight
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Pacific Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Honiara 54kg

Tiana Echegaray (born 16 September 1993) is an Australian boxer. Having taken up boxing in 2019 as a way to keep fit, she had her first competitive bout two years later and won national titles in 2022 and 2023, before claiming the gold medal in the 54kg division at the 2023 Pacific Games to secure a place at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [2] Echegaray lost in the 54kg round-of-16 at the Games in Paris to eventual silver medalist Hatice Akbaş from Turkey. [3]

References

  1. "Tiana Echegaray Olympics 2024". mykhel.com.
  2. "'Just hating life': How 's***ty' reality check sparked Aussie boxer Tiana Echegaray's stunning Paris rise". Fox Sports .
  3. "Boxing-From office job to Games, Aussie Echegaray proud of 'tremendous feat'". Reuters .