Tasmyn BENNY
Boxing
Tasmyn BENNY - Schedule
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Sun, 8 Apr
18:48
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Women's 45-48kg
Quarterfinal 4
BOT Lethabo MODUKANELE
L
NZL Tasmyn BENNY
W
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Finished |
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Wed, 11 Apr
12:19
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Women's 45-48kg
Semifinal 2
NIR Kristina O'HARA
W
NZL Tasmyn BENNY
L
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Finished |
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BOT
NIRLegend
- L: Lost
- W: Winner
Biographical Information
Occupation: Ordinary medic at Royal New Zealand Navy (New Zealand Olympic Committee, 22 Feb 2018; stuff.co.nz, 17 Jan 2018)
Languages spoken: English
Reason: “My dad was training with one of his mates in the garage one day and I wanted to get fit for netball, and I found out boxing was good fun." (stuff.co.nz, 16 Jan 2018)
Ambition: To make the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games and the World Games. (stuff.co.nz, 16 Jan 2018)
Additional information:
WEIGHT
Targeting higher weight classes to gain additional competiton experience. Fought in the 51kg category at the 2017 Australian Golden Gloves, finishing runner-up. (New Zealand Olympic Committee, 22 Feb 2018)
NAVY
Graduated from her 18-week Basic Common Training (BCT) course for new Royal New Zealand Navy recruits in December 2017. "The navy is my new home. When I was in BCT I tried to keep training at the end of the day, or shadow spar in my room. My mates laugh at me, but the navy is very supportive of my boxing." (stuff.co.nz, 22 Feb 2018)
BACKGROUND
Of Ngati Porou and Waikato descent. (New Zealand Olympic Committee, 22 Feb 2018)
Social Media:
Legend
: Gold
: Silver
: Bronze
: Gold Medal Event- : Bronze Medal Event
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