Wu Yu (boxer)

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
Born	(1995-01-13) 13 January 1995 (age 30) Guiding County, Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou, China
Nationality	Chinese
Statistics
Weight class	Flyweight
Height	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record[1]
Total fights	35
Wins	31
Wins by KO	0
Losses	4
Draws	0
No contests	0
Medal record Women's amateur boxing Representing  China Olympic Games 2024 Paris Flyweight World Championships 2023 New Delhi Flyweight World Military Boxing Championships 2019 Wuhan Flyweight Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Light flyweight

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wu.

Career

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

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 2nd woman boxer to have become an Olympic champion;^[3] Chang Yuan was the first.^[4]

Personal life

Wu has been described as being a sergeant in the Chinese military.^[5]