Tsukimi Namiki

Tsukimi Namiki
Namiki in 2021
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (1998-09-17) 17 September 1998
Height153 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Boxing career
Weight classFlyweight
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo Flyweight
World Championships
2018 New Delhi Flyweight
Asian Championships
2022 Amman Light flyweight

Tsukimi Namiki (Japanese: 並木 月海. Namiki Tsukimi) is a Japanese amateur boxer. She won the bronze medal in the women's flyweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3]

Career

She began boxing in 2013. In 2015, she competed at the Balkan Women’s Youth Tournament, winning a gold medal, 2018 Republic of Kazakhstan President’s Cup, winning a gold medal, and 2018 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships, winning a bronze medal.[4]

She advanced through the Asia and Oceania tournament to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Tsukimi Namiki". Olympics. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Japanese boxer Tsukimi Namiki takes bronze in women's flyweight". Japan Times. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  3. ^ NEWS, KYODO (August 2021). "Olympics: Japan's Tsukimi Namiki secures women's flyweight boxing medal". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  4. ^ "Tokyo Olympians – Japan's Tsukimi Namiki defeated AIBA Women's World Champions in the recent three years". ASBCNEWS. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  5. ^ "Tsukimi Namiki, Sena Irie become first Japanese female boxers to qualify for Olympics". The Japan Times. 2020-03-10. Retrieved 2021-08-16.