Savannah Marshall

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Savannah Marshall
Personal information
NicknameSilent Assassin
NationalityBritish
Born (1991-05-19) 19 May 1991 (age 32)
Hartlepool, County Durham, England
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classMiddleweight, 75 kg
ClubHartlepool Headland ABC
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Astana 75kg
Representing  England
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Qinhuangdao 75kg
Silver medal – second place 2010 Bridge Town 69kg
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow Middleweight

Savannah Marshall (born 19 May 1991)[1] is a British female boxer, winning Britain's first ever women's boxing world title.[2] She has been nicknamed as the ‘Silent Assassin’ due to her innate shyness.[3]

Early life

Marshall attended the English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College, Hartlepool,[4] where she achieved 12 GCSEs before gaining a Distinction in a BTEC National Diploma in Sport at Hartlepool College.[5][6] She has been boxing since aged 12,[7] when she joined a local Hartlepool Headland club with friends in order to keep fit.[5]

Career

Following her win in China at the 2012 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in Qinhuangdao, China, Marshall was a favourite to win Olympic gold in London in August 2012.[3] However, she was defeated 16–12 by Marina Volnova of Kazakhstan in her opening, quarter-final bout.[8] Marshall remains the only boxer ever to have defeated Claressa Shields, the middleweight women's gold medalist in the 2012 Olympics; the upset bout took place in the semifinals of the world championships at Qinhuangdao in 2012.[9]

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Marshall beat Ariane Fortin of Canada to take the gold medal in the women's middleweight division.[10] In May 2016, Marshall qualified for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro after reaching the semi-finals of the World Championships in Kazakhstan.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Savannah Marshall". www.gbboxing.org.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  2. ^ Savannah Marshall wins Britain's first ever women's boxing world title.The Guardian, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "SAVANNAH MARSHALL IS GOING FOR GOLD IN 2012". 24 May 2012.
  4. ^ Scott Wilson.Shy Savannah's rise to the Olympics.The Northern Echo, 2012.
  5. ^ a b Savannah Marshall Biography.teamgb.com, 2012.
  6. ^ "FE students add to Team GB Olympic medal haul". FE Week. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  7. ^ Savannah Marshall wins World Championships gold in China.BBC Sport, 2012.
  8. ^ "Shock for gold medal hope Savannah as world champion Marshall suffers defeat". Daily Mail. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ Woodyard, Eric. "First amateur loss frustrates Flint boxer Claressa Shields, she expected a victory." Flint Journal, May 15, 2012. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
  10. ^ "Savannah Marshall". Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  11. ^ "Savannah Marshall qualifies for Rio Olympics after making World Championship semi-finals". Sky Sports. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
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