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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. 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. 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. 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. At the 2020 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Stephen Zimba by referee stoppage in the second round.
He qualified to represent Mauritius at the 2020 Summer Olympics and competed in the men's welterweight event.




Honours


Mauritius Sportsman of the Year 2019




References






External links


Merven Clair at Olympics.com
Merven Clair at Olympedia
Merven Clair at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
Merven Clair at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Mauritius pada Olimpiade Musim Panas 2020
• Merven Clair
• 2023 IBA World Boxing Championships – Light middleweight
• Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's welterweight
• 2023 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament
• Mauritius at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
• 2022 African Amateur Boxing Championships
• 2024 World Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament 2
• Jordy Vadamootoo
• 2020 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament
• 2016 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament