Charley Davison

Charley Davison
OLY
Born (1994-01-11) 11 January 1994 (age 30)
Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
NationalityBritish
Statistics
Weight(s)Flyweight, Bantamweight
StanceSouthpaw
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  Great Britain
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Bantamweight

Charley Davison OLY (born 11 January 1994) is a British amateur boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2023 European Games.

Biography

Davison started boxing at the age of eight, trained by her father at home because the local boxing club did not accept girls.[1] She fought Ornella Wahner in 2010 and 2011,[2] before taking a seven year break from boxing and then winning the national championship in 2019.[3]

In June 2021, Davison qualified to represent Great Britain at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics,[4] and reached the final of the 2020 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament by defeating Giordana Sorrentino via unanimous points decision in the semi-final.[5] She lost in the final of the Qualification event to Buse Naz Çakıroğlu by split decision.[6]

At the Olympics in Tokyo, Davison went out in the round-of-16, losing by unanimous decision to China's Yuan Chang.[7]

Davison won a bronze medal in the bantamweight category at the 2023 European Games in Poland and in doing so qualified a quota place for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[8] On 7 June 2024, she was officially announced among the Great Britain squad for the Olympics in Paris.[9] She was drawn to fight 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships gold medalist Hatice Akbaş from Turkey in the first round[10] and lost by a 3:2 split decision.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ Tomas, Fiona (16 March 2020). "Charley Davison: the supermum daring to dream of punching her way to the Tokyo Olympics". telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Charley Davison". boxrec.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  3. ^ Dennen, John (16 March 2020). "After seven years out of boxing, Charley Davison wins first bout at Olympic qualifier". boxingnewsonline.net. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: GB's Pat McCormack, Cheavon Clarke and Frazer Clarke book places". 6 June 2021. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  5. ^ Boggis, Mark (7 June 2021). "Further joy as Olympian Charley Davison reaches flyweight final". Lowestoft Journal. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  6. ^ Boggis, Mark (9 June 2021). "'I can finally say I'm an Olympian': Joy for Lowestoft mum-of-three". Lowestoft Journal. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Lowestoft mother-of-three, boxer Charley Davison, out of Tokyo Olympics after 5-0 defeat to China's Yuan Chang". Suffolk News. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  8. ^ "European Games: British boxer Delicious Orie clinches Paris Olympics place". BBC Sport. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Team GB announce Olympic boxing squad". BBC Sport. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  10. ^ "GB boxers need 'performance of life' after tough draw". BBC Sport. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  11. ^ "GB boxer Davison beaten in Paris opener". BBC Sport. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Heartbreak for Lowestoft boxer Charley Davison at Paris 2024". East Anglian Daily Times. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.