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Charlie Senior (born 20 November 2001) is an English-born Australian boxer. As an amateur, he has represented Australia at the 2023 Pacific Games, where he won the gold medal, and the 2024 Summer Olympics, where he won the bronze medal.
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| Born | 20 November 2001 Bradford, West Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight(s) | Featherweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Senior was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England on 20 November 2001. When he was two years of age, he emigrated with his family to Perth, Western Australia.[1][2] He initially took up dancing before he switched to boxing when he was eleven years of age.[3]
Senior won three national youth championships and then he won the Australian amateur title.[3] He then fought in the 2020 Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament in Jordan, where in his opening bout, he lost to Nguyễn Văn Đương.[4]
Senior was one of eleven Australian boxers selected to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[5][6] In the men's featherweight event, he lost to Keoma-Ali Al-Ahmadieh in the round of 16.[1]
Senior won the gold medal at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, defeating Allan Oaike and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[7] At the 57 kg event of the Paris Olympics, he defeated Vasile Usturoi in the round of 16.[8][9] Senior then defeated Carlo Paalam in the quarterfinals.[10] He lost in the semi-final against Abdumalik Khalokov, winning a bronze medal in the process.[11]
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