Shelley Marie Watts (born 10 August 1987) is an Australian amateur boxer.[1] Watts competed in the women's lightweight division at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won the gold medal.[1][2] She was also a competitor in the 2012 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships.
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| Full name | Shelley Marie Watts | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 August 1987 (age 37) Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) lightweight division | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Lightweight | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Watts qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, on 31 March 2016 by making the final of the 2016 Asian and Oceanian Olympic qualifying event, only to be eliminated in her first fight by Italian teenager Irma Testa.
Watts is now a lawyer. She began her law degree three years before starting boxing.[3]
Personal life
editWatts is a supporter of the Australian football team South Sydney Rabbitohs.[4][5][6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Shelley Watts". Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Shelley Watts Australia's first women's boxing champion". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 August 2014.
- ^ "Fighting for your fairy tale: How law student Shelley Watts won Commonwealth Gold". collaw.edu.au. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ "PREMIUM: Maguire on Shelley Watts". 12 August 2016.
- ^ "Shelley Watts | AUS Team | Rio 2016". rio2016.olympics.com.au. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ^ "Shelley Watts is fighting for her fairytale". canberratimes.com.au. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016.
External links
edit- Boxing record for Shelley Watts from BoxRec (registration required)
- Shelley Watts at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Shelley Watts at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Shelley Watts at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Shelley Watts at Olympedia
- Shelley Marie Watts at Olympics.com
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