Tag: Tammara Thibeault
Five athletes elected to Boxing Canada’s newly formed Athletes’ Committee
Montreal – September 14, 2022. Boxing Canada is pleased to announce the five High Performance Program (HPP) athletes that were elected by their teammates to make up the Athletes’ Committee for a two-year term. The members of the Athletes Committee […]
Tammara Thibeault Leads Canada’s Four-medal Boxing Performance
Aug 7, 2022 – There were high hopes for the Canadian boxing team at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. In the end, they did not disappoint with a four-medal performance highlighted by Tammara Thibeault’s […]
Canadian Boxing Team Named for 2022 Commonwealth Games
OTTAWA – (2022 – 05 – 26) – Commonwealth Sport Canada (CSC) and Boxing Canada today announced the athletes who will represent Team Canada in boxing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham England […]
Two Medals for Team Canada at the IBA Women’s World Championships
Team Canada came home with one gold and one silver medal from the IBA Women’s World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, ranking sixth out of the 73 nations that completed. Four boxers proudly represented Canada […]
2022 IBA Women’s World Championships: the draw results are in
Following a training camp in Germany, members of the women’s Elite National Team now look forward to facing the competition at the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships. The match-ups have been set for the 12th edition of this competition taking […]
Four boxers selected for the IBA Women’s World Championships
Montreal – April 11, 2022. The Canadian Elite women will look to build on their success from the Continental Championships at the 2022 IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships. The competition will take place from May 6thto 21st in Istanbul, Turkey. […]
Round 2: Thirteen Canadians nominated ahead of the 2021 Americas Olympic Qualification
Montreal – March 19, 2021. Following last year’s cancelled events and the postponement of the Olympic Games, Boxing Canada is getting ready for round 2 of the Road to Tokyo. With seven weeks to go, 13 Canadians are nominated to […]
The history of women’s boxing: featuring top Canadian women in boxing
Written by Jennifer Huggins (original article) Did you know that Women’s boxing can be dated back to as early as the 18th century? This was when Elizabeth Wilkinson fought in London claiming the title of European Championess. She fought both […]
Tammara Thibeault awarded Lima 2019 silver
MONTREAL (November 10, 2020) – On Tuesday, the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Boxing Canada officially announced that Saint-Georges, Que. native, Tammara Thibeault’s Lima 2019 Pan American Games bronze medal was upgraded to silver. The 23-year old pugilist had initially […]
Team Canada ranks 3rd with 3 medals at the Copa Independencia
After four days of competition, the 2020 Copa Independencia came to a conclusion and Team Canada ranked #3 in the team ranking with a total of three medals. Indeed, Caroline Veyre (57 kg) and Tammara Thibeault (75 kg) both won […]