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Japanese boxer (born 2000)

Sena Irie
入江 聖奈
Born (2000-10-09) 9 October 2000 (age 24)
Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Statistics
Weight(s)Featherweight
StanceOrthodox
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Featherweight
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Amman Featherweight

Sena Irie (入江 聖奈, Irie Sena, born 9 October 2000) is a Japanese retired amateur boxer who won a gold medal in the inaugural women's featherweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She became the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing.

Biography

Irie was born in Yonago, Japan in 2000. She took up boxing when she was seven years old at a local gym. Irie was inspired to box from the sports manga television series Ganbare Genki, which features a character who wants to become a boxer. She also took her inspiration from frogs.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Irie beat Karriss Artingstall of Great Britain in the semi-finals of the women's featherweight, and then went on to beat Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines in the final to win the gold medal. At the time of winning her gold medal, Irie was a university student at Nippon Sport Science University. Irie later stated that she would retire from boxing after graduating, with plans to work for a company making video games.

In September 2022, she announced that she would retire from boxing after her graduation in spring 2023.

References

  1. ^ "Boxing IRIE Sena - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  2. "Sena Irie". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
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  5. "Sena Irie wins Japan's first ever Olympic gold medal for women's boxing". Time Out. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Meet Sena Irie – The First Boxing Gold Medalist Of 2020 Olympics". Inside the Ropes. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Frog-filled strategy leads to gold medal for female boxer Irie". Asahi. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  8. "Featherweight (54-57 kilograms), Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  9. "Sena Irie became the first female Japanese boxer to win the Olympic gold for her country". First Sportz. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  10. "Olympics: Sena Irie wins maiden women's boxing gold for Japan in upset". The Straits Times. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  11. "Olympics: Japan's Sena Irie wins women's featherweight boxing gold in Tokyo". Kyodo News. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  12. "Japan's Sena Irie punches her way to gold in women's boxing". The Japan Times. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  13. "Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Irie to study amphibians after retirement". InsideTheGames.biz. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

External links

Olympic boxing champions – women's featherweight
2020: 52–57 kg · 2024–: 55–57 kg
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