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Lin Yu-ting

In this Taiwanese name, the surname is Lin.

Lin Yu-ting (Chinese: 林郁婷; pinyin: Lín Yùtíng; born 13 December 1995) is a Taiwanese amateur boxer.[2] She has won two gold medals at the IBA World Boxing Championships, in addition to two gold medals at the Asian Games and one at the Asian Amateur Boxing Championships. She competed for Taiwan at the 2024 Summer Olympics where she defeated Julia Szeremeta of Poland in the final of the women's 57 kg category (featherweight). Lin is the first Taiwanese boxer to win an Olympic gold medal.

Lin Yu-ting
林郁婷
Photo of Lin smiling
Lin in 2024
Born (1995-12-13) 13 December 1995 (age 29)
Taipei County, Taiwan (now New Taipei City, Taiwan)
Statistics
Weight classFeatherweight
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Boxing record[1]
Total fights60
Wins46
Wins by KO1
Losses14
Draws0
No contests0
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Championships 2 0 1
Asian Games 1 0 1
Asian Championships 2 0 0
Total 6 0 2
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Featherweight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 New Delhi Bantamweight
Gold medal – first place 2022 Istanbul Featherweight
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Ulan-Ude Featherweight
Disqualified 2023 New Delhi Featherweight
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Featherweight
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Flyweight
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ho Chi Minh City Bantamweight
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bangkok Featherweight

Background

Lin has three siblings;[3] as a child, she and her older brother watched the anime Hajime no Ippo, which inspired her to consider boxing.[4] Lin also learned boxing in an effort to protect her mother from domestic abuse.[5] She began training in her first year of junior high school and was, by her second year, showing talent in the boxing ring and winning boxing competitions in Taiwan.[3]

Lin received her bachelor's and master's degrees from the Chinese Culture University in Taiwan. She is currently a doctoral student at the Graduate Institute of Business Administration at Fu Jen Catholic University. Both universities are famous for their sports disciplines.[6]

Career

Lin won a gold medal at the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships as a bantamweight, followed by a medal at the 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships.[7][2] She competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics but did not win a medal.[8]

Lin was disqualified from the 2023 Women's World Boxing Championships organised by the Russian-led International Boxing Association (IBA) after failing unspecified gender eligibility tests, along with Algerian boxer Imane Khelif.[9] She was stripped of a bronze medal, which was instead awarded to Bulgaria's Svetlana Staneva.[10] The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and its Paris Boxing Unit criticized the disqualification as "sudden and arbitrary" and taken "without any due process".[11][12][13] The Washington Post stated, "It remains unclear what standards Khelif and Lin Yu Ting failed [in 2023] to lead to the disqualifications."[14][15] The IBA did not reveal the testing methodology, stating the "specifics remain confidential".[16] The IBA's Olympic status was revoked in June 2023,[17] due to governance issues and perceived judging and refereeing corruption.[16][18]

Upon her return to Taiwan, Lin underwent additional tests that confirmed her eligibility.[5][19] In 2023, she successfully competed at the Hangzhou Asian Games, where she confirmed her eligibility and won Taiwan's first gold medal in boxing at the event.[19]

2024 Summer Olympics

Further information: Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics § Women's boxing controversy

The boxing events in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics were managed by the IOC's Paris 2024 Boxing Unit.[20] IOC President Thomas Bach defended the participation of Khelif and Lin: "There was never any doubt about them being a woman".[21] Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te and former President Tsai Ing-wen also both expressed support for Lin in August 2024.[22]

Lin won the gold medal after defeating Julia Szeremeta of Poland in the final of the women's 57 kg category (featherweight). With this win, Lin became the first Taiwanese boxer to win an Olympic gold medal.[23][24]

During the International Boxing Association (IBA) press conference in Paris on 5 August 2024, the position of the organization and its president Umar Kremlev regarding the nature of the conducted tests underwent changes and became contradictory. Initially, the IBA claimed that gender tests were conducted, but at the conference, Secretary General Chris Roberts spoke of "chromosome tests", while Kremlev asserted that the tests were aimed at determining testosterone levels in athletes. The situation was exacerbated by Kremlev's harsh statements; he repeatedly criticized IOC President Thomas Bach, declared his intention to initiate legal proceedings against him and expressed dissatisfaction with the Olympic Games opening ceremony, calling it "humiliating".[25][26][27][28] The IBA claimed to have used laboratories accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for testing, but WADA denied involvement in gender verification, stating it deals solely with anti-doping matters.[27]

References

  1. ^ "Boxing record for Lin Yu-ting". BoxRec.
  2. ^ a b Lung, Po-an; Yeh, Joseph (9 March 2020). "Second Taiwanese boxer secures ticket to Tokyo Olympics". Central News Agency. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b 李, 信宏 (2013-10-08). 世界金牌林郁婷 保護媽媽才學拳 (in Chinese). 自由時報. Archived from the original on 2018-09-04. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
  4. ^ 張, 志清 (2013-10-08). 《第一神拳》啟發 林郁婷拿世界冠軍 (in Chinese). 中國時報. Archived from the original on 2018-09-04.
  5. ^ a b Lee, Charlotte (1 August 2024). "Taiwan's Olympic boxer Lin Yu-ting fights transgender claims". Taiwan News. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  6. ^ 輔仁大學全球資訊網 > 賀！本校商博所林郁婷同學　勇奪2023杭州亞運女子拳擊57公斤級 金牌
  7. ^ 2019 World Championships results
  8. ^ Thames, Alanis (4 August 2024). "Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan clinches first Olympic medal amid outcry tied to gender misconceptions". Associated Press. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting: IOC president Thomas Bach defends boxers competing at Olympics". BBC Sport. 2024-08-03.
  10. ^ Everington, Keoni (27 March 2023). "Taiwanese boxer loses bronze over failed gender test | Taiwan News | Mar. 27, 2023 11:51". taiwannews.com.tw. taiwannews.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Joint Paris 2024 Boxing Unit/IOC Statement". International Olympic Committee. 2 August 2024. Archived from the original on 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  12. ^ Chakraborty, Amlan (26 March 2023). "Two disqualified for failing to meet eligibility criteria at world champs". Reuters. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Boxers Lin and Khelif cleared for Olympics". BBC Sport. 2024-07-30. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  14. ^ Carpenter, Les. "Olympic boxer who faced gender-eligibility claim wins, igniting outcry". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 1 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  15. ^ Ingle, Sean (30 July 2024). "Boxers who failed gender tests at world championships cleared to compete at Olympics". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  16. ^ a b "Olympics: Italian boxer abandons match after less than a minute". euronews. 2024-08-01. Archived from the original on 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  17. ^ "Olympics 2024: IOC says it is saddened by abuse boxers are receiving over 'arbitrary' gender row". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  18. ^ Ingle, Sean (2024-07-29). "Boxers who failed gender tests at world championships cleared to compete at Olympics". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 3 August 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  19. ^ a b "Taiwan backs boxer Lin Yu-ting amid Olympic gender row - Focus Taiwan". Focus Taiwan - CNA English News. 2024-08-03. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
  20. ^ Dunbar, Graham. "Two female boxers meet Paris Olympics rules after gender test issue at world championships, IOC says". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  21. ^ Morgan, Tom (3 August 2024). "'No doubt' boxers like Imane Khelif are women, says Olympics president". The Telegraph. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  22. ^ Strong, Matthew (August 2, 2024). "Taiwan president affirms support for Olympic boxer Lin Yu-ting". Taiwan News. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  23. ^ Nelsen, Matt (2024-08-10). "Paris 2024 boxing: All results, as Chinese Taipei's Lin Yu Ting claims gold medal in women's 57kg weight category". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2024-08-14. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  24. ^ Beacham, Greg (August 10, 2024). "Boxer Lin Yu-ting wins gold, following Imane Khelif to conclude an Olympics filled with scrutiny". Associated Press. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  25. ^ Carpenter, Les (August 5, 2024). "Russian boxing chief fuels Olympic turmoil in bizarre news conference". Washington Post.
  26. ^ Gregory, Sean (2024-08-05). "The IBA Held a Press Conference About Boxing's Gender Controversy. It Was a Chaotic Mess". TIME. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  27. ^ a b "Olympic 2024 boxing controversy: IBA add to confusion over eligibility row". BBC Sport. 2024-08-05. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  28. ^ Geraint, Hughes (5 August 2024). "Olympics 2024: How IBA's chaotic conference unfolded amid boxing eligibility row at Paris Games". Sky Sports.
 
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