Vicky Glover
Vicky Glover | |
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Born | 16 May 1999 |
Occupation | Boxer |
Organization | Team Scotland |
Awards | Bronze Medal U-22 European Championship |
Vicky Glover is a boxer from Hamilton, near Glasgow, in Scotland.
Early life
Glover had a difficult childhood. At the age of ten, her father enrolled her into a boxing to help her overcome her difficulties through the discipline and routine that boxing provided.[1] She was involved with community services from a young age; such as Social Workers and Children’s Hearing Systems to encourage her to become engaged with her schooling and prevent any further negative behaviours that Glover describes as “hassel.”[1] She was given a 200 hour community payback order for her involvement in an attack on two men and a car.[2]
Career
Glover was the first woman to be selected to represent Scotland at the Commonwealth Games, 2018, in the 54 kg category.[3] In April 2017, she won the Scottish and British Adult Women’s Amateur Championship, again for the 54 kg category.[3] Representing Scotland in the Commonwealth Games in 2018, she was defeated in a split decision by Valerian Spicer of the Dominican Republic.[citation needed]
Glover represented Scotland at the 2018 Women’s World Championship, alongside Stephanie Kernachan and Megan Reid.[4]
Glover made further Scottish boxing history in 2019, as she won the bronze medal in the under-22 European Championships in Russia. She won the quarter-finals match against Amanda Millere, from Latvia. Glover lost the semi-final match against her English counterpart, Ellie Scotney, on points.[5] Boxing Scotland stated that this was a ‘tremendous achievement for Glover who is only 19 years of age and was the youngest qualifier’.[6]
In the Annual Report of Boxing Scotland, Glover is congratulated for her contribution to their ‘best ever medal return at a major Elite tournament.[6] Glover also participated in the Women’s World Championships, she accomplished victories early in the tournament but did not progress onto the quarter-final stages.[6] She can be found on her social media pages on Instagram vicky_glover99 and Twitter @VickyGlover99.
References
- ^ a b "Meet Vicky Glover, Scotland's first ever female Commonwealth Games boxer". Children's and Young People's Centre for Justice. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ Chris Scott. "Vicky Glover rebounds as Scotland's first female boxer to Commonwealth Games". CNN. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ a b mtc. "Vicky Glover". Team Scotland. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ Carlsson, Hanna (3 July 2017). "Researching boxing bodies in Scotland: Using apprenticeship to study the embodied construction of gender in hyper masculine space". Gender, Place & Culture. 24 (7): 939–953. doi:10.1080/0966369X.2017.1343282. ISSN 0966-369X.
- ^ mtc (17 March 2019). "Historic European Boxing Medal for Vicky". Team Scotland. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ a b c Boxing Scotland. "BS Annual Report" (PDF).
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