GRAHAM Naomi

United States of America
Boxing
15 May 1989
32
Female
1.78/5'10''
FAYETTEVILLE, NC
 
United States of America
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
 
United States of America

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
BOX Boxing Women's Middle (69-75kg) 9

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Kokugikan Arena
Women's Middle (69-75kg) - Preliminaries - Round of 16
#130
USA
GRAHAM NGRAHAM Naomi
1
ROC
MAGOMEDALIEVA ZMAGOMEDALIEVA Zenfira
4
WP
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
3Middle2018New Delhi, IND
5Middle2019Ulan-Ude, RUS
5Welter2016Astana, KAZ

Pan American Games
RankEventYearLocation
1Middle2019Lima, PER

Strandja Memorial
RankEventYearLocation
1Middle2021Sofia, BUL
1Middle2020Sofia, BUL
1Middle2019Sofia, BUL

Box-Am Tournament
RankEventYearLocation
1Middle2021Castellon de la Plana, ESP
1Middle2020Castellon de la Plana, ESP

Feliks Stamm
RankEventYearLocation
3Middle2018Warsaw, POL
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Armed Forces Athlete
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English
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US Army World Class Athlete Program [WCAP] [United States of America]
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Charles Leverette [club], USA; Billy Walsh [national], IRL
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Her older sister Rachel has boxed professionally. (army.mil, 19 Mar 2019)
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She began boxing in high school, and took up the sport more seriously in 2014 with the US Army World Class Athlete Program [WCAP]. (people.com, 11 Sep 2020; armywcap.com, 24 Aug 2019)
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She has been interested in boxing since she was a child. "My mother allowed my sister to box, but she didn't want me to box because I was the youngest of six. So she told me that I could go and I could watch, but I couldn't participate. So, through going to my sister's practices, I fell in love with the sport around the age of nine. I told myself that I would always box when I first started going to her practices." (people.com, 11 Sep 2020; armywcap.com, 24 Aug 2019)
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To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (teamusa.org, 23 Nov 2020)
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She meditates ahead of a fight. (teamusa.org, 23 Nov 2020)
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She was named the 2018 Elite Female Boxer of the Year by US sports clothing and equipment company, Under Armour. (army.mil, 19 Mar 2019)

General Interest

Olympic qualifying results
She secured a spot for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo through the IOC Boxing Task Force [BTF] rankings. (teamusa.org, 12 May 2021)

General
JOINING THE ARMY
She left home in 2012 and found herself without anywhere to live. She spent almost a year sleeping at an abandoned house in Fayetteville, NC, United States of America, before joining the US Army and starting to box with the World Class Athlete Program [WCAP]. "Being a soldier-athlete means everything to me. Both sides I get to show what a leader looks like. I get to mentor on both sides and people look up to me on both sides. I feel I have knowledge to share on both sides that can help someone in the future." (armywcap.com, 24 Aug 2019; army.mil, 19 Mar 2019)

MEDAL UPGRADE
In November 2020 her silver medal from the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, was upgraded to gold after the original gold medallist, Jessica Caicedo of Colombia, was found to have committed a doping violation. (teamusa.org, 23 Nov 2020; worldboxingnews.net, 19 Nov 2020)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
WP:
Win on Points
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