Wu Yu (boxer)

Wu Yu
Wu Yu
	File:Wu Yu (2024) 01.png Wu in 2024
Born	13 January 1995 (age 29); 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
Total fights	35
Wins	31
Wins by KO	0
Losses	4
Draws	0
No contests	0
Women's amateur boxing
Representing File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Olympic Games
World Championships
World Military Boxing Championships
Asian Games

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.

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]

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

v t e Olympic boxing champions – women's flyweight
2012–2020: Over 51 kg · 2024–: Over 50 kg
2012: File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Nicola Adams (GBR) 2016: File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Nicola Adams (GBR) 2020: File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Stoyka Krasteva (BUL) 2024: File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Yu (CHN)