Wu Yu (Chinese: 吴愉; pinyin: Wú Yú, born 13 January 1995) is a Chinese boxer. She won the gold medal in Women's 50kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Wu Yu
Wu in 2024
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1995-01-13) 13 January 1995 (age 31)
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Boxing career
Weight classFlyweight
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record[1]
Total fights35
Wins31
Win by KO0
Losses4
Draws0
No contests0

Career

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She won a gold medal at the 2023 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships.[2][3][4]

On 9 August 2024, she won the gold medal in Women's 50kg at the 2024 Summer Olympics, defeating Turkish boxer Buse Naz Çakıroğlu by 4-1 in the final. She is China's second woman boxer to have become an Olympic champion;[5] Chang Yuan was the first.[6]

Personal life

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Wu has been described as being a sergeant in the Chinese military.[7]

References

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  1. "Boxing record for Wu Yu". BoxRec.
  2. "2023 Results". IBA. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  3. "Chinese boxers Wu Yu and Yang Chengyu claim world titles at IBA Women's Boxing World Championships 2023". Dimsum Daily. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  4. "China grabs two golds at Women's Boxing World Championships". Xinhua. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  5. "WU Yu vs CAKIROGLU Buse Naz Results". 9 August 2024. Archived from the original on 9 October 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  6. "Paris 2024 Boxing: All Results, as Chang Yuan claims gold medal in Women's 54KG Weight Class". 8 August 2024. Archived from the original on 26 September 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  7. Stebbings, Peter (11 August 2024). "China's female boxers break through to reign at Paris Olympics". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 14 September 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
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