Joshua Buatsi
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| Nationality |
 Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
14 March 1993 (age 23) Accra, Ghana | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 cm (6 ft 1in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (178 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rated at | Light heavyweight | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joshua Buatsi (born 14 March 1993) is a Ghanaian-born British boxer who competed and won a Bronze Medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the light heavyweight division.[1]
Personal life
Buatsi was born on 14 March 1993 in Accra, Ghana.[2] After his family moved to the UK, they reside in Croydon, and he is studying at St Mary's University, Twickenham.[3]
Boxing
At the 2016 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Samsun, Turkey, Buatsi defeated Ukraine's Oleksandr Khyzhniak in his semifinal and Dutch boxer Peter Müllenberg in the final of the light-heavyweight tournament to secure his place in Rio as part of the Great Britain team.[3][4]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's light-heavyweight competition, he defeated Elshod Rasulov of Uzbekistan with a third round knock-out, to progress to the quarter finals.[5]
References
- ↑ "Rio 2016: Great Britain and Northern Ireland's Olympic team". BBC Sport. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ↑ "Joshua Buatsi – 81KG". AIBA. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- 1 2 Young, Benjamin. "Boxing: Next stop Brazil for Croydon's Buatsi". Wandsworth Guardian. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ↑ "Olympic boxing: Nicola Adams among eight British qualifiers for Rio 2016". BBC Sport. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ↑ "Rio Olympics 2016: GB's Joshua Buatsi into quarters with 'stunning upset' knockout". BBC Sport. 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2016-08-27.