Savannah Marshall
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| Nickname(s) | Silent Assassin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 May 1991 Hartlepool, Co. Durham, England |
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rated at | Middleweight, 75 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hartlepool Headland ABC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Savannah Marshall (born 19 May 1991)[1] is a British female boxer, winning Britain's first ever women's boxing world title.[2] She has been nicknamed as the ‘Silent Assassin’ due to her innate shyness.[3]
Early life
Marshall attended the English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College, Hartlepool,[4] where she achieved 12 GCSEs before gaining a Distinction in a BTEC National Diploma in Sport at Hartlepool FE College.[5] She has been boxing since aged 12,[6] when she joined a local Hartlepool Headland club with friends in order to keep fit.[5]
Career
Following her historic win in China at the world finals, she was a favourite to win Olympic gold in London in August 2012.[3] However, she was defeated 16–12 by Marina Volnova of Kazakhstan in her opening, quarter-final bout.[7]
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Marshall beat Ariane Fortin of Canada to take the gold medal in the women's middleweight division.[8] In May 2016, Marshall qualified for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro after reaching the semi-finals of the World Championships in Kazakhstan.[9]
References
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- ↑ Savannah Marshall wins Britain's first ever women's boxing world title.The Guardian, 2012.
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- ↑ Scott Wilson.Shy Savannah's rise to the Olympics.The Northern Echo, 2012.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Savannah Marshall Biography.teamgb.com, 2012.
- ↑ Savannah Marshall wins World Championships gold in China.BBC Sport, 2012.
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