Cheavon Clarke

Cheavon Clarke (also named Cheavan Clarke, born 14 December 1990 in Montego Bay, Jamaica) is a British amateur boxer who is affiliated with Gravesham ABC.[1]

Cheavon Clarke
Statistics
Weight(s)91 kg (201 lb; 14.3 st)
Height1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
NationalityBritish
Born (1990-12-14) 14 December 1990
Montego Bay, Jamaica
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Great Britain
European Games
2019 Minsk[lower-alpha 1]Heavyweight
Representing  England
European Championships
2017 KharkivHeavyweight
EU Championships
2018 ValladolidHeavyweight
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold CoastHeavyweight

He competed for Jamaica in the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[2] After that he changed his allegiance to Great Britain / England,[3] then went on to win a silver medal in the 2017 European Championships.[4]

In May 2019, Clarke was selected to compete at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus.[5] He also competed at the 2019 World Championships in Yekaterinburg, Russia,[6] where he lost by unanimous decision to Muslim Gadzhimagomedov in the quarterfinals.[7]

Notes
  1. Also designated as the 2019 men's European Championships

References
  1. "Cheavon Clarke – England Boxing Team". Commonwealth Games England. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  2. "Cheavan Clarke – Biography". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  3. McDaid, David (24 August 2017). "World Amateur Boxing Championships: Cheavon Clarke on coming back to life". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  4. "European Boxing Championships 2017: Peter McGrail claims gold for England". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  5. "Team GB squad announcement for the European Games". Team GB. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  6. "Thirteen boxers from GB Boxing squad selected to compete at 2019 World Championships in Russia". boxing247.com. East Side Boxing. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  7. "Thirteen boxers from GB Boxing squad selected to compete at 2019 World Championships in Russia". GB Boxing. Retrieved 18 September 2019.


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