Cheavon Clarke

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Cheavon Clarke
Statistics
Weight(s)91 kg (201 lb; 14.3 st)
Height1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
Nationality
  • Jamaican
  • British
Born (1990-12-14) 14 December 1990 (age 31)
Montego Bay, Jamaica

Cheavon Clarke (also named Cheavan Clarke, born 14 December 1990) is a Jamaican-born British amateur boxer who is affiliated with Gravesham ABC.[1]

He competed for Jamaica in the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[2] After that he changed his allegiance to Great Britain / England,[3] then went on to win a silver medal in the 2017 European Championships.[4]

In May 2019, Clarke was selected to compete at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus.[5] He also competed at the 2019 World Championships in Yekaterinburg, Russia,[6] where he lost by unanimous decision to Muslim Gadzhimagomedov in the quarterfinals.[7]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Also designated as the 2019 men's European Championships

References[]

  1. ^ "Cheavon Clarke – England Boxing Team". Commonwealth Games England. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Cheavan Clarke – Biography". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  3. ^ McDaid, David (24 August 2017). "World Amateur Boxing Championships: Cheavon Clarke on coming back to life". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  4. ^ "European Boxing Championships 2017: Peter McGrail claims gold for England". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Team GB squad announcement for the European Games". Team GB. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Thirteen boxers from GB Boxing squad selected to compete at 2019 World Championships in Russia". boxing247.com. East Side Boxing. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Thirteen boxers from GB Boxing squad selected to compete at 2019 World Championships in Russia". GB Boxing. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
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