Yang Liu (Chinese: 杨柳; pinyin: Yáng Liǔ; born 20 May 1992) is a Chinese boxer. Liu won a medal at the 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships.[2] The reigning Welterweight World Champion of 2023, she represented China at the 2024 Summer Olympics and won three fights to make it through to the final where she lost to Imane Khelif, therefore taking the silver medal.[3]

Yang Liu
Born (1992-05-20) 20 May 1992 (age 32)
NationalityChinese
Statistics
Weight classWelterweight
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Boxing record[1]
Total fights4
Wins4
Wins by KO0
Losses0
Draws0
No contests0
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Welterweight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 New Delhi Welterweight
Silver medal – second place 2019 Ulan-Ude Welterweight
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Welterweight

References

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  1. ^ "Boxing record for Yang Liu". BoxRec.
  2. ^ 2019 World Championships results
  3. ^ "Khelif wins gold amid gender eligibility row". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
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