Australia has dominated the boxing action in the Oceania Qualification Tournament at The Pacific Games in the Soloman Islands to win 12 of the 13 Olympic qualification that were on offer at the tournament.
Seven nations were represented in the finals of the boxing tournament which saw Australia almost complete a clean sweep of the Olympic quota places.
The only weight class where it did not win the gold medal was the men’s heavyweight (92kg) division where Samoa’s Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali defeated Adrian Paoletti from Australia to book his place at Paris 2024.
The twelve Australian qualifiers include 2020 bronze medallist, Harry Garside, and middleweight, Caitlin Parker, who will both be competing in their second Olympic Games next year in Paris, having represented the green and gold in Tokyo.
In the women’s 66kg category, Marissa Williamson will be the first Aboriginal women to represent Australia in boxing at the Olympic Games after she defeated New Zealand’s Cara Simone Wharerau.
The full list of winners from the quota bouts at the Oceania Qualification Tournament is:
| Weight | Boxer | Country |
| Women’s 50kg | Monique Suraci | Australia |
| Women’s 54kg | Tiana Echegaray | Australia |
| Women’s 57kg | Tina Rahimi | Australia |
| Women’s 60kg | Tyla Mcdonald | Australia |
| Women’s 66kg | Marissa Williamson | Australia |
| Women’s 75kg | Caitlin Parker | Australia |
| Men’s 51kg | Yusuf Chothia | Australia |
| Men’s 57kg | Charlie Senior | Australia |
| Men’s 63.5kg | Harry Garside | Australia |
| Men’s 71kg | Shannan Davey | Australia |
| Men’s 80kg | Callum Peters | Australia |
| Men’s 92kg | Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali | Samoa |
| Men’s +92kg | Teremoana Teremoana | Australia |
Details of all results from the Oceania Qualification Tournament can be found at https://boxing.athlete365.org/boxing-road-to-paris-2024/2023-oceania-qualification-tournament/.
The Oceania Qualification Tournament was the final continental qualifier for next year’s Olympics as part of the boxing Pathway to Paris.
The only remaining way to secure a place in Paris is via the two world qualifying events in 2024. The first of these is in Busto Arsizio, on the outskirts of Milan, Italy, (29 February – 12 March 2024). The second and last boxing qualification tournament will be held in Bangkok, Thailand (23 May – 3 June 2024).
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