Ren Cancan

Ren Cancan

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 (1986-04-26) 26 April 1986
Jining, Shandong

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]

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