This Saturday, Atheyna Bylon faces Chia’s representative Li Qian in the final for the gold medal in the women’s 75-kilogram weight class at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Qian, 34, won the bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and was a silver medalist at Tokyo 2020 in this 75kg category and is in her second consecutive final in this type of tournament.
He was born in Henan Province, China, where he started playing basketball because of his height. However, the coach of the Chinese Boxing Team noticed his size and arm reach and recommended that he switch to boxing in 2007.
Among her achievements in World Championships are: the gold medal in 2018 in New Delhi, the silver medal in Jeju City in 2014 and the bronze medal in 2023 in New Delhi.
At the Asian Boxing Championships, he won a gold medal in 2017 in Vietnam and in 2019 in Thailand. He also won a silver medal in 2015 in China.
Her career record is 52 wins and 12 losses, and at these Paris 2024 Olympic Games she beat Hergie Bacyadan of France in the preliminaries, Lovlina Borgohain in the quarterfinals, and Caitlin Parker of Australia in the semifinals.
