Natasha Jonas
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| Real name | Natasha Paula Jonas | ||||||||||||
| Rated at | Lightweight (60 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.72 m) | ||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 English |
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18 June 1984 Liverpool, England |
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| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||
| Website | natashajonas |
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Natasha Jonas (born 18 June 1984) is a retired English amateur boxer from Liverpool, England, who competed in the 60 kg (132 lb) lightweight division and represented Rotunda ABC & GB Boxing. She was ranked #5 in the AIBA world rankings. In 2012, Jonas became the first female British boxer to fight at the Olympic Games.
Jonas took up boxing in 2005 and by 2010 she had won five ABA Championships in the 64 kg Division for Liverpool club Rotunda ABC. In November 2009 she became the first female boxer to compete for GB Boxing. In the same year she claimed gold in the 64 kg division at the 2009 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, after she overcame Csilla Csejtei of Hungary in the final. Jonas another gold medal in the inaugural GB Amateur Boxing Championships in 2010, when she pipped rival Amanda Coulson by one point in an exciting bout in front of her home fans at Liverpool's Echo Arena.
Jonas made history in Qinhuangdao, China in May 2012, when she reached the semi-finals of the 2012 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships to become the first ever female British boxer to qualify for an Olympic Games, she then went on to take the bronze medal and a place in the 2012 London Olympics back to Liverpool with her.
Jonas became the first ever British female boxer to compete at an Olympic Games. Jonas faced Quanitta Underwood of the United States in the round of 16, Jonas emphatically beat Underwood, 21:13 winning three of the four rounds boxed. Her wins set up a quarter-final bout with four-time World Champion, and Ireland's flag-bearer at the Opening Ceremony, Katie Taylor. Jonas lost to Taylor 26:15.
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