Sewon Okazawa

Japanese boxer (born 1995)

Sewon Okazawa
Personal information
Full nameSewonrets Quincy Mensah Okazawa
NationalityJapanese
Born (1995-12-21) 21 December 1995 (age 28)
Yamagata, Japan
Sport
SportBoxing
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Belgrade Welterweight
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Light middleweight
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Bangkok Welterweight

Sewon Okazawa (born 21 December 1995) is a Japanese boxer.[1] He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]

He was born in Yamagata, Japan to a Ghanaian father and a Japanese mother.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Sewon Okazawa". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Boxing: Men's Welter (63-69kg)" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Sewon Okazawa". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

External links

  • Sewon Okazawa at BoxRec (registration required)Edit on Wikidata
  • Sewon Okazawa at OlympediaEdit on Wikidata
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  • 2003–2019: up to 69 kg
  • 2021–present: up to 67 kg
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1954–present: 71 kg


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