Galal Yafai

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Galal Yafai
MBE
Statistics
Weight(s)
Height5 ft 4+1⁄2 in (164 cm)[1]
NationalityBritish
Born (1992-12-11) 11 December 1992 (age 29)
Birmingham, England
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Flyweight
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk Flyweight
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Light-flyweight
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Kharkiv Light-flyweight

Galal Yafai MBE (Arabic: جلال يافعي; born 11 December 1992[2]) is a British amateur boxer who won gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Career[]

While representing England in the light-flyweight division, the southpaw won a silver medal at the 2017 European Championships and gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and bronze while representing Great Britain in the flyweight division at the 2019 European Games. He also competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

At the 2016 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Samsun, Turkey, Yafai defeated Samuel Carmona Heredia of Spain by unanimous decision in his semifinal to secure his place in the 2016 Olympic.[3][4] He won his round of 32 fight defeating Simplice Fotsala of Cameroon. He lost his Round of 16 fight to Joahnys Argilagos of Cuba.

In May 2019, Yafai 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 Billal Bennama in the quarter-finals.[6]

He qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[7] where he won the gold medal in the flyweight division beating Carlo Paalam of the Philippines in the final.[8]

Yafai was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to boxing.[9][10]

Personal life[]

Yafai was born to Yemeni parents. He is the younger brother of boxers Kal Yafai and Gamal Yafai.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Boxing | Athlete Profile: Galal YAFAI - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Rio 2016: Great Britain and Northern Ireland's Olympic team". BBC Sport. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  3. ^ Dennen, John (15 April 2016). "Galal Yafai and Qais Ashfaq win Rio 2016 places". Boxing News. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Olympic boxing: Nicola Adams among eight British qualifiers for Rio 2016". BBC Sport. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Team GB squad announcement for the European Games". Team GB. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Thirteen boxers from GB Boxing squad selected to compete at 2019 World Championships in Russia". GB Boxing. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Galal Yafai relieved to have clinched Tokyo 2020 qualification before shutdown". belfasttelegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  8. ^ "Boxer Yafai wins gold for Britain" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  9. ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N26.
  10. ^ "New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame". BBC Sport. 31 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Boxing: Yafai brothers packing a punch for Birmingham". Birmingham Mail. 24 October 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2016.


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