Chang Yuan

Chinese boxer

Chang Yuan

Born

(1997-06-24) 24 June 1997 (age 27)

Shijiazhuang, Hebei

Nationality

Chinese

Statistics

Weight class

Flyweight

Height

165 cm (5 ft 5 in)

Stance

Southpaw

Boxing record^[1]

Total fights

Wins

Wins by KO

Losses

Medal record

Women's amateur boxing

Representing China
Olympic Games
	2024 Paris	Bantamweight
Youth Olympic Games
	2014 Nanjing	Flyweight
Asian Games
	2018 Jakarta-Palembang	Flyweight
	2022 Hangzhou	Bantamweight

Chang Yuan is a Chinese amateur boxer. On 8 August 2024, she defeated Turkish boxer Hatice Akbaş by 5-0 to win the gold medal in women's 54 kg boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics, thus becoming the first ever Chinese female boxer to win a gold medal at any Olympics.^[2]

She also won the gold medal at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games and the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Boxing record for Chang Yuan". BoxRec.
^ "Paris 2024 Boxing: All Results, as Chang Yuan claims gold medal in Women's 54KG Weight Class". 8 August 2024.
^ "Boxer CHANG Yuan: Aiming high for Tokyo". Olympics. 21 April 2021. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
^ "Chang Yuan". Olympics. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
^ "North Korea's Pang snatches gold from China in Asiad boxing rematch". France 24. 4 Oct 2023. Retrieved 7 Oct 2023.