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.
Caroline Veyre | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 4 October 1988[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||
| Other names | Caro[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Weight(s) | Lightweight, Featherweight | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | |||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editBorn 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
editVeyre 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
editVeyre 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
editVeyre has a degree in translation.[3]
Professional boxing record
edit| 7 fights | 7 wins | 0 losses |
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| By decision | 7 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 7 | Win | 7–0 | UD | 8 | 14 March 2024 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | UD | 8 | 7 October 2023 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | UD | 8 | 7 September 2023 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | UD | 8 | 12 May 2023 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | UD | 6 | 16 Mar 2023 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | UD | 6 | 13 Jan 2023 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | UD | 4 | 6 Aug 2022 |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Boxrec profile of Caroline Veyre". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- ^ "Caroline Veyre". tapology.com. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- ^ a b c d e f "Team Canada profile of Caroline Veyre". olympic.ca. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- ^ a b "Caroline Veyre on the 'Road To Rio via Dublin'?". womenofboxing.com. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- ^ "Mandy Bujold, Caroline Veyre win boxing gold". CBC. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- ^ "Canada doubles up on Pan Am boxing gold on Day 15". olympic.ca. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- ^ "2017 AMBC Continental Championships". Boxing Canada. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Boxing – Women's Lightweight 60kg results". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Odunuga Defeats Veyre, Qualifies For Boxing Semi-Finals". Independent. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- ^ "Canadian boxer Thibeault advances in women's middleweight; Veyre defeated". TSN. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- ^ "Caroline Veyre vs Irma Testa". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "GYM signs Canadian amateur star Caroline Veyre; Pro debut set for July 29th in Montreal". philboxing.com. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- ^ "Caroline Veyre vs Liliana Marisela Borquez". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2024-05-25.