Teremoana Teremoana
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Born | Teremoana Samson Junior Leon Teremoana 17 February 1998 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
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Weight(s) | Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||
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Total fights | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Wins | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Teremoana Samson Junior Leon Teremoana (born 17 February 1998) is an Australian professional boxer who competes as a heavyweight. As a gold medallist at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands, he qualified to represent Australia in the super-heavyweight event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1] In his Olympic debut, he faced Ukraine's Dmytro Lovchynskyi, winning the bout via a first-round knockout. In the quarter-finals, he faced Uzbek Bakhodir Jalolov, the reigning Olympic champion, losing the match 5–0.[1]
Teremoana was born in Campbelltown, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales. His Australian mother has Scottish ancestry and his father is from the Cook Islands.[2][3][4] He grew up in Brisbane, Queensland, graduating from Centenary State High School in 2015.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Teremoana Teremoana". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Olympic medal prospect Teremoana Teremoan Jnr punches his way to Paris". The Pacific. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ Tora, Iliesa (30 July 2024). "Aussie boxer with Cook Islands heritage, Teremoana, has chance to rewrite boxing history". RNZ. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ Beacham, Greg (31 July 2024). "The biggest Olympic boxing team in Australia's history is fighting for a breakthrough in the ring". Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France: Associated Press. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Centenary State High Alum Teremoana Teremoana Punches His Way to Paris Olympics". Centenary Today. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Boxing record for Teremoana Teremoana from BoxRec (registration required)
- Teremoana Teremoana at Tapology.com
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Australian male boxers
- Australian people of Cook Island descent
- Australian people of Scottish descent
- Boxers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Boxers from Brisbane
- Boxers from Sydney
- Olympic boxers for Australia
- Pacific Games gold medalists for Australia
- Pacific Games medalists in boxing
- Super-heavyweight boxers
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen
- Australian boxing biography stubs