Karriss Artingstall

Karriss Artingstall (born 23 November 1994)[2] is an English professional boxer. She won a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympics, silver at the 2019 European Championships and bronze at the 2019 World Championships. She is a former member of the Royal Horse Artillery.[3][4]

Karriss Artingstall
Statistics
Weight(s)Featherweight
Height1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
NationalityEnglish
Born (1994-11-23) 23 November 1994
Macclesfield
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record[1]
Total fights4
Wins4
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoFeatherweight
Representing  England
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 Ulan-UdeFeatherweight
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 AlcobendasFeatherweight

Boxing career

At national level, Artingstall won gold medals at the 2012 and 2013 Junior Championships and the 2018 Elite Championships.[5]

In 2019 she won a silver medal at the European Championships, defeating Mona Mestiaen of France (5:0) in the preliminaries; Jennifer Fernández Romero of Spain (5:0) in the quarter-finals; Stanimira Petrova of Bulgaria (5:0) in the semi-finals; before losing to Irma Testa of Italy (0:5) in the final.[6]

She then won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships, defeating Yarisel Ramirez of the United States (5:0), Jo Son-hwa of North Korea (3:0), and Mijgona Samadova of Tajikistan (5:0) in the preliminaries; Yodgoroy Mirzaeva of Uzbekistan (5:0) in the quarter-finals; before losing to eventual winner Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines (4:1) in the semi-finals.[7]

2020 Olympics

In a bid to secure a place at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Artingstall competed in the 2020 European Olympic Qualifiers. She won her first bout, defeating Helina Bruyevich of Bulgaria (5:0) in the preliminaries but suffered defeat against Stanimira Petrova of Bulgaria (1:4) in the quarter-finals. Artingstall was able to secure her place after defeating Stephanie Thour of Sweden (5:0) in a box-off.[8]

Her first bout of the Olympics came against Keamogetse Sadie Kenosi of Botswana, with Artingstall emerging victorious with a score of 5:0.[9] Following a 5:0 victory against Jucielen Romeu of Brazil, Artingstall advanced to the quarter-finals to defeat Skye Nicolson of Australia (3:2).[10][11] She lost her semi-final bout against Sena Irie of Japan (3:2) to secure a featherweight bronze medal.[12]

Personal life

Artingstall's partner is middleweight boxer and fellow southpaw Lauren Price.[13][14]

Professional boxing record

4 fights 4 wins 0 losses
By decision 4 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
5 Win 4–0 Jade Taylor PTS 8 27 May 2023 Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth, England
3 Win 3–0 Linzi Buczynskyj PTS 6 25 Mar 2023 Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
2 Win 2–0 Marina Sakharov PTS 6 15 Oct 2022 O2 Arena, London, England
1 Win 1–0 Vaida Masiokaite PTS 6 25 Jun 2022 Coventry Skydome, Coventry, England

References

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