Karriss Artingstall

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Karriss Artingstall
Born (1994-11-23) 23 November 1994 (age 29)
NationalityEnglish
Statistics
Weight(s)Featherweight
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Featherweight
Representing  England
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Ulan-Ude Featherweight
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Alcobendas Featherweight

Karriss Artingstall (born 23 November 1994)[1] is an English amateur boxer. She won a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympics, silver at the 2019 European Championships and bronze at the 2019 World Championships. She is a gunner in the Royal Horse Artillery.[2][3]

Boxing career

At national level, Artingstall won gold medals at the 2012 and 2013 Junior Championships and the 2018 Elite Championships.[4]

In 2019 she won a silver medal at the European Championships, defeating Mona Mestiaen of France (5:0) in the preliminaries; Jennifer Fernández Romero of Spain (5:0) in the quarter-finals; Stanimira Petrova of Bulgaria (5:0) in the semi-finals; before losing to Irma Testa of Italy (0:5) in the final.[5]

She then won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships, defeating Yarisel Ramirez of the United States (5:0), Jo Son-hwa of North Korea (3:0), and Mijgona Samadova of Tajikistan (5:0) in the preliminaries; Yodgoroy Mirzaeva of Uzbekistan (5:0) in the quarter-finals; before losing to eventual winner Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines (4:1) in the semi-finals.[6]

2020 Olympics

In a bid to secure a place at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Artingstall competed in the 2020 European Olympic Qualifiers. She won her first bout, defeating Helina Bruyevich of Bulgaria (5:0) in the preliminaries but suffered defeat against Stanimira Petrova of Bulgaria (1:4) in the quarter-finals. Artingstall was able to secure her place after defeating Stephanie Thour of Sweden (5:0) in a box-off.[7]

Her first bout of the Olympics came against Keamogetse Sadie Kenosi of Botswana, with Artingstall emerging victorious with a score of 5:0.[8] Following a 5:0 victory against Jucielen Romeu of Brazil, Artingstall advanced to the quarter-finals to defeat Skye Nicolson of Australia (3:2).[9][10] She lost her semi-final bout against Sena Irie of Japan (3:2) to secure a featherweight bronze medal.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Boxing ARTINGSTALL Karriss - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics. Retrieved 31 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/featherweight-karriss-artingstall-tokyo-olympics-21148775
  3. ^ https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2021/07/gunning-for-gold/
  4. ^ Halfpenny, Matt (29 August 2020). "10 great female England Boxing National Junior champions - part one". England Boxing. Retrieved 31 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Feather (57 kg) Draw Sheet
  6. ^ AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships 2019 – Draw sheet
  7. ^ European Boxing Road to Tokyo qualifier – Draw Sheet
  8. ^ Dielhenn, James (24 July 2021). "Karriss Artingstall wins Team GB's first Olympic fight but Peter McGrail is eliminated". Sky Sports. Retrieved 31 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Karriss Artingstall defeats Jucielen Romeu to reach quarter-finals and Galal Yafai stops Koryun Soghomonyan at Tokyo Olympic Games". Sky Sports. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Team GB Olympic roundup: Karriss Artingstall secures at least boxing bronze". The Guardian. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Karriss Artingstall defeated by Sena Irie but receives bronze and Lauren Price guarantees another medal at Tokyo Games". Sky Sports. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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