Leonela Sánchez
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| Born | 1994 (age 31–32) | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Featherweight | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Leonela Sánchez (born 1994) is an Argentine boxer. She won the gold medal in the 57kg division at the 2019 Pan American Games, becoming the first female boxer from her country to achieve the feat.[1][2] In November 2021, Sánchez and her sister, fellow international boxer Dayana, were both given four-year suspensions from the sport for failing anti-doping tests with the substance involved being furosemide and the bans backdated to 21 November 2019, the date when the failed tests were taken.[3][4] She returned to boxing in June 2024.[5]
References
- ^ "Panamericanos. La historia de Leonela "La Monito Sánchez", la medallista dorada en boxeo". La Nacion (in Spanish).
- ^ "Leonela Sánchez sumó la décima medalla de oro para Argentina". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish).
- ^ "El TAS sancionó a las hermanas Sánchez con cuatro años de suspensión por doping". tycsports.com (in Spanish).
- ^ "El TAS sancionó a las hermanas Sánchez con cuatro años de suspensión por doping". Sitio Andino (in Spanish).
- ^ "TRAS EL DOPING, LEONELA SÁNCHEZ REGRESA AL BOXEO - CORONADOS DE GLORIA". coronadosdegloria.com (in Spanish).