Caitlin Anne Parker (born 17 April 1996) is an Australian

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, who became the first female boxer from Australia to win an Olympic medal when she took bronze at the 2024 Paris Games. Parker has also won silver and bronze medals at two Commonwealth Games and bronze at the

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Early life

Parker was born on 17 April 1996 in Subiaco,

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, Western Australia. She began training in

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and boxing at the age of 11 after her father refused to let her walk to school alone without learning self defence.

Career

Parker competed at the

where she won a bronze medal in the 75kg event. She competed in the Commonwealth Games in

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, where she won a silver medal in the

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event, and in

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where she won a bronze medal in the

event. She competed in the 2020 Asia & Oceania Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament in March 2020 where she qualified for the

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. At the Olympics, she lost to

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in the round of 16. Parker became the first Australian female boxer to win an Olympic medal when she won bronze at the

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