Richarno Colin
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| Born | 17 July 1987 (age 37) |
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(Louis) Richarno Colin (born 17 July 1987, Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius[1]) is a Mauritian boxer best known to be All Africa champ 2011.
He qualified for the 2008 Olympics at junior welterweight at the 2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament. At Beijing he upset Myke Carvalho but was defeated by Gennady Kovalev from Russia in the round of 16.(Results)
He has competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games under the name of Louis Colin. He was the flag carrier for Mauritius in the opening ceremony. He won bronze in the Light Welterweight category in Boxing.
At the 2012 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament he also qualified for the 2012 London Olympics. At London he beat Abdelhak Aatakni in the first round before losing to Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene in the second round.[1]
Commonwealth results
2010 (as Light Welterweight) (as Louis Colin)
- Defeated Chris Jenkins (Wales) 7–0
- Defeated Luke Woods (Australia) 8–3
- Defeated Philip Bowes (Jamaica) 6–0
- Lost to Bradley Saunders (England) 7–10
References
- ^ a b "Richarno Colin Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
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- 1987 births
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- Light-welterweight boxers
- Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers of Mauritius
- Boxers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Mauritius
- Mauritian people of African descent
- Boxers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
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- Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
- African Games gold medalists for Mauritius
- African Games medalists in boxing
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