Ren Cancan
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Nicola Adams v Ren Cancan (in red) at the 2012 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight(s) | Flyweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Jining, Shandong | 26 April 1986|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ren Cancan (Chinese: 任灿灿; pinyin: Rén Càncàn; born April 26, 1986 in Jining, Shandong[1]) is a female Chinese boxer who has won three world championships.[2] She took up boxing in 2002 and won the silver medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the Women's Boxing – Flyweight Division as southpaw, she is also a bronze medalist of women's 51 kg title at 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She lost in both of her Olympic Games to the double-champion Nicola Adams.
Her official birthdate is January 26, 1988, as registered with the international boxing association, but she told Reuters that her actual birthdate is April 26, 1986.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Age fabrication still a problem for Chinese athletes". Reuters. July 13, 2012. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
- ↑ "Ren Cancan biography". International Boxing Association. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
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