Savannah Marshall

Savannah Marshall
Personal information
Nickname(s) Silent Assassin
Nationality British
Born 19 May 1991
Hartlepool, Co. Durham, England
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Middleweight, 75 kg
Club Hartlepool Headland ABC

Savannah Marshall (born 19 May 1991)[1] is a British female boxer from Hartlepool, winning Britain's first ever women's boxing world title.[2] She has been nicknamed as the ‘Silent Assassin’ due to her innate shyness.[3]

Early life

Marshall attended the English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College, Hartlepool,[4] where she achieved 12 GCSEs before gaining a Distinction in a BTEC National Diploma in Sport at Hartlepool FE College.[5] She has been boxing since aged 12,[6] when she joined a local Hartlepool Headland club with friends in order to keep fit.[5]

Career

Following her historic win in China at the world finals, she was a favourite to win Olympic gold in London in August 2012.[3] However, she was defeated 16–12 by Marina Volnova of Kazakhstan in her opening, quarter-final bout.[7]

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Marshall beat Ariane Fortin of Canada to take the gold medal in the women's middleweight division.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Savannah Marshall". www.gbboxing.org.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Savannah Marshall wins Britain's first ever women's boxing world title.The Guardian, 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "SAVANNAH MARSHALL IS GOING FOR GOLD IN 2012". 24 May 2012.
  4. ↑ Scott Wilson.Shy Savannah's rise to the Olympics.The Northern Echo, 2012.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Savannah Marshall Biography.teamgb.com, 2012.
  6. ↑ Savannah Marshall wins World Championships gold in China.BBC Sport, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Shock for gold medal hope Savannah as world champion Marshall suffers defeat". Daily Mail. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  8. ↑ "Savannah Marshall". Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 9 August 2014.