Caroline Veyre

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Caroline Veyre
Born (1988-10-04) 4 October 1988 (age 35)[2]
Paris, France[1]
Nationality (legal)Canadian
Other namesCaro[3]
Statistics
Weight(s)Lightweight, Featherweight
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1]
StanceOrthodox[1]
Boxing record
Total fights7
Wins7
Wins by KO0
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Lightweight

Caroline Veyre (born October 4, 1988) is a French-born Canadian professional boxer. As an amateur she won a gold medal in the women's lightweight category at the 2015 Pan American Games and competed at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.

Early life[edit]

Born in Paris, France,[4] Veyre immigrated to Canada in 2003 after visiting the country a few years earlier as her mother underwent cancer treatment in Montreal.[3]

Amateur career[edit]

Veyre started boxing at age 18 as a way to stay in shape and learn self-defense.[3] Fighting out of Club Boxe de l'Est in Montreal,[4] she won national titles in 2013 and 2014.[3]

At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, Veyre won the gold medal in the lightweight category defeating Argentina's Dayana Sánchez by split decision in the final.[5] [6]

In 2016, Veyre suffered a shoulder injury which prevented her from qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. Upon her return, she won a silver medal at the 2017 American Boxing Confederation Continental Championships in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, losing in the final to Brazil's Beatriz Ferreira.[7]

She reached the quarter-finals at both the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in New Delhi, India,[3] and the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[8] [9]

Veyre switched to the featherweight category for the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, reaching the quarter-finals where she lost to Italy's Irma Testa by unanimous decision.[10] [11] [12]

Professional career[edit]

Veyre turned professional in 2022,[13] making her pro-debut on 6 August that year with a unanimous decision win over Liliana Marisela Borquez from Mexico in a four-round contest at the Civic Complex, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada.[14]

Personal life[edit]

Veyre has a degree in translation.[3]

Professional boxing record[edit]

7 fights 7 wins 0 losses
By decision 7 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
7 Win 7–0 Argentina Agustina Marisa Belen Rojas UD 8 14 March 2024 Canada Montreal Casino, Montreal, Ontario, Canada
6 Win 6–0 Italy Jessica Bellusci UD 8 7 October 2023 Canada Place Bell, Laval, Quebec, Canada
5 Win 5–0 Mexico Karina Travieso Chavez UD 8 7 September 2023 Canada Montreal Casino, Montreal, Ontario, Canada
4 Win 4–0 France Emma Gongora UD 8 12 May 2023 Canada Place Bell, Laval, Quebec, Canada
3 Win 3–0 France Anaëlle Angerville UD 6 16 Mar 2023 Canada Place Bell, Laval, Quebec, Canada
2 Win 2–0 Mexico Estefania González Franco UD 6 13 Jan 2023 Canada Place Bell, Laval, Quebec, Canada
1 Win 1–0 Mexico Liliana Marisela Borquez UD 4 6 Aug 2022 Canada Civic Complex, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Boxrec profile of Caroline Veyre". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  2. ^ "Caroline Veyre". tapology.com. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Team Canada profile of Caroline Veyre". olympic.ca. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  4. ^ a b "Caroline Veyre on the 'Road To Rio via Dublin'?". womenofboxing.com. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  5. ^ "Mandy Bujold, Caroline Veyre win boxing gold". CBC. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  6. ^ "Canada doubles up on Pan Am boxing gold on Day 15". olympic.ca. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  7. ^ "2017 AMBC Continental Championships". Boxing Canada. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  8. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Boxing – Women's Lightweight 60kg results". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  9. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Odunuga Defeats Veyre, Qualifies For Boxing Semi-Finals". Independent. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  10. ^ "Canadian boxer Thibeault advances in women's middleweight; Veyre defeated". TSN. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  11. ^ "Caroline Veyre vs Irma Testa". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  12. ^ "Boxing - VEYRE Caroline". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  13. ^ "GYM signs Canadian amateur star Caroline Veyre; Pro debut set for July 29th in Montreal". philboxing.com. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  14. ^ "Caroline Veyre vs Liliana Marisela Borquez". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2024-05-25.

External links[edit]

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