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Merven Clair

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Merven Clair
Personal information
National teamMauritius
Born (1993-07-02) 2 July 1993 (age 33)
Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight class
Welterweight
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Mauritius
African Games
Gold medal – first place2019 RabatWelterweight
African Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 BrazzavilleWelterweight
Indian Ocean Island Games
Gold medal – first place2019 MauritiusWelterweight
Gold medal – first place2015 RéunionMiddleweight
Mauritius National Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 VacoasWelterweight
Gold medal – first place2018 VacoasWelterweight
Gold medal – first place2017 VacoasWelterweight
Gold medal – first place2014 Vacoas & CurepipeWelterweight
Silver medal – second place2012 VacoasLightweight

Merven Clair (born 2 July 1993) is a Mauritian boxer. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's middleweight event, in which he was eliminated in the first round by Hosam Bakr Abdin.[1][2] He also competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the welterweight class where he was also eliminated in the first round, that time by Kenya's Rayton Okwiri. At the 68th edition of the Strandja Memorial in February 2017, he placed third after a defeat in the semifinals to eventual tournament winner Pat McCormack.[3] At the 2017 African Boxing Championships in Brazzaville, Clair secured a silver medal in the 69 kg weight class, suffering his only defeat of the tournament in the final against Muzamiru Kakande from Uganda.[4] He won the gold medal at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco in the welterweight class by defeating the Nigerian boxer Abdulafeez Osoba in the final.[5][6] At the 2020 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Stephen Zimba by referee stoppage in the second round.[7]

He qualified to represent Mauritius at the 2020 Summer Olympics[8] and competed in the men's welterweight event.[9]

Honours

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Mauritius Sportsman of the Year 2019[10][11]

References

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  1. ↑ "Merven Clair". Rio 2016 Olympics. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Men's Middle (75kg) - Standings". Rio 2016 Olympics. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "68.Strandja Memorial - Sofia, Bulgaria - February 21-26 2017". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "AFBC Boxing Championships Brazzaville 2017 - Medallists by Weight Category" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Jeux Africains - Rabat 2019 - Session Results" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "AFBC Boxing Championships Brazzaville 2017 - Men's Welter (69kg) - Draw Sheet" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "Boxing Road to Tokyo African Qualification - Men's Welter (63-69kg) - Draw Sheet" (PDF).
  8. ↑ Rédaction, La (19 March 2021). "Boxe: Merven Clair se qualifie pour ses deuxièmes JO". lexpress.mu (in French). Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  9. ↑ "CLAIR Merven". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  10. ↑ Edouard, Olivier (16 February 2020). "National Sports Awards 2019 : découvrez le palmarès complet". Le Mauricien (in French). Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  11. ↑ DefiSports (15 February 2020). "National Sports Award 2019 : Ranaivosoa et Clair couronnés". Défi Sport (in French). Retrieved 27 July 2021.
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