Caroline Veyre | |||||||||||||||
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Born | (1988-10-04) 4 October 1988 (age 36) Paris, France | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||
Other names | Caro | ||||||||||||||
Statistics | |||||||||||||||
Weight(s) | Lightweight, Featherweight | ||||||||||||||
Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||
Boxing record | |||||||||||||||
Total fights | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Wins | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Caroline Veyre (born October 4, 1988) is a French-born Canadian professional boxer. As an amateur she won a gold medal in the women's lightweight category at the 2015 Pan American Games and competed at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.
Early life
Born in Paris, France, Veyre immigrated to Canada in 2003 after visiting the country a few years earlier as her mother underwent cancer treatment in Montreal.
Amateur career
Veyre started boxing at age 18 as a way to stay in shape and learn self-defense. Fighting out of Club Boxe de l'Est in Montreal, she won national titles in 2013 and 2014.
At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, Veyre won the gold medal in the lightweight category defeating Argentina's Dayana Sánchez by split decision in the final.
In 2016, Veyre suffered a shoulder injury which prevented her from qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. Upon her return, she won a silver medal at the 2017 American Boxing Confederation Continental Championships in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, losing in the final to Brazil's Beatriz Ferreira.
She reached the quarter-finals at both the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in New Delhi, India, and the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
Veyre switched to the featherweight category for the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, reaching the quarter-finals where she lost to Italy's Irma Testa by unanimous decision.
Professional career
Veyre turned professional in 2022, making her pro-debut on 6 August that year with a unanimous decision win over Liliana Marisela Borquez from Mexico in a four-round contest at the Civic Complex, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada.
Personal life
Veyre has a degree in translation.
Professional boxing record
7 fights | 7 wins | 0 losses |
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By decision | 7 | 0 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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7 | Win | 7–0 | Agustina Marisa Belen Rojas | UD | 8 | 14 March 2024 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Ontario, Canada | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Jessica Bellusci | UD | 8 | 7 October 2023 | Place Bell, Laval, Quebec, Canada | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Karina Travieso Chavez | UD | 8 | 7 September 2023 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Ontario, Canada | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Emma Gongora | UD | 8 | 12 May 2023 | Place Bell, Laval, Quebec, Canada | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Anaëlle Angerville | UD | 6 | 16 Mar 2023 | Place Bell, Laval, Quebec, Canada | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Estefania González Franco | UD | 6 | 13 Jan 2023 | Place Bell, Laval, Quebec, Canada | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Liliana Marisela Borquez | UD | 4 | 6 Aug 2022 | Civic Complex, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada |
References
- ^ "Boxrec profile of Caroline Veyre". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- "Caroline Veyre". tapology.com. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- ^ "Team Canada profile of Caroline Veyre". olympic.ca. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- ^ "Caroline Veyre on the 'Road To Rio via Dublin'?". womenofboxing.com. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- "Mandy Bujold, Caroline Veyre win boxing gold". CBC. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- "Canada doubles up on Pan Am boxing gold on Day 15". olympic.ca. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- "2017 AMBC Continental Championships". Boxing Canada. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- "Commonwealth Games: Boxing – Women's Lightweight 60kg results". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- "Commonwealth Games: Odunuga Defeats Veyre, Qualifies For Boxing Semi-Finals". Independent. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- "Canadian boxer Thibeault advances in women's middleweight; Veyre defeated". TSN. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- "Caroline Veyre vs Irma Testa". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- "Boxing - VEYRE Caroline". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- "GYM signs Canadian amateur star Caroline Veyre; Pro debut set for July 29th in Montreal". philboxing.com. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- "Caroline Veyre vs Liliana Marisela Borquez". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
External links
Categories:- 1998 births
- Living people
- Canadian women boxers
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
- Boxers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Boxers from Montreal
- Boxers from Paris
- Pan American Games medalists in boxing
- Boxers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada
- Lightweight boxers
- Featherweight boxers
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Olympic boxers for Canada
- Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen