Merven Clair

Merven Clair (born 2 July 1993) is a Mauritian boxer. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's middleweight event, in which he was eliminated in the first round by Hosam Bakr Abdin.[1][2] He also competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the welterweight class where he was also eliminated in the first round, that time by Kenya's Rayton Okwiri. At the 68th edition of the Strandja Memorial in February 2017, he placed third after a defeat in the semifinals to eventual tournament winner Pat McCormack.[3] At the 2017 African Boxing Championships in Brazzaville, Clair secured a silver medal in the 69 kg weight class, suffering his only defeat of the tournament in the final against Muzamiru Kakande from Uganda.[4] He won the gold medal at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco in the welterweight class by defeating the Nigerian boxer Abdulafeez Osoba in the final.[5][6] At the 2020 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Stephen Zimba by referee stoppage in the second round.[7]

Merven Clair
Personal information
National teamMauritius
Born (1993-07-02) July 2, 1993
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classWelterweight
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Mauritius
African Games
2019 RabatWelterweight
African Championships
2017 BrazzavilleWelterweightt
Indian Ocean Island Games
2019 MauritiusWelterweight
2015 RéunionMiddleweight
Mauritius National Championships
2019 Vacoas Welterweight
2018 Vacoas Welterweight
2017 Vacoas Welterweight
2014 Vacoas & Curepipe Welterweight
2012 Vacoas Lightweight

He qualified to represent Mauritius at the 2020 Summer Olympics[8] and competed in the men's welterweight event.[9]

Honours

Mauritius Sportsman of the Year 2019[10][11]

References
  1. "Merven Clair". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  2. "Men's Middle (75kg) - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  3. "68.Strandja Memorial - Sofia, Bulgaria - February 21-26 2017". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  4. "AFBC Boxing Championships Brazzaville 2017 - Medallists by Weight Category" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Jeux Africains - Rabat 2019 - Session Results" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "AFBC Boxing Championships Brazzaville 2017 - Men's Welter (69kg) - Draw Sheet" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "Boxing Road to Tokyo African Qualification - Men's Welter (63-69kg) - Draw Sheet" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. Rédaction, La (2021-03-19). "Boxe: Merven Clair se qualifie pour ses deuxièmes JO". lexpress.mu (in French). Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  9. "Boxing CLAIR Merven - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 2021-07-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. Edouard, Olivier (2020-02-16). "National Sports Awards 2019 : découvrez le palmarès complet". Le Mauricien (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  11. DefiSports (2020-02-15). "National Sports Award 2019 : Ranaivosoa et Clair couronnés". Défi Sport (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-27.


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