Chen Nien-chin (; born 10 May 1997) is a Taiwanese middleweight

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. In 2016, she won a bronze medal at the world championships, but was eliminated in her first bout at the

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. She is a native of

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. Chen is of Austronesian Taiwanese descent, with one parent being Amis and the other being Bunun. Chen was diagnosed with stage II

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cancer in 2019, recovered in 2020 after intensive

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. After recovery, she competed in 2020 and 2024 Olympics in Welterweight boxing.

Boxing career

Chen represented her nation at the

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category and reached the quarterfinals. On 30 July 2021, she lost to

Lovlina Borgohain Lovlina Borgohain (born 2 October 1997) is an Indian boxer. She won a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in the women's welterweight event, becoming only the third Indian boxer to win a medal at the Olympics. She won gold medal at 2023 IB ...

of India and failed to ensure a medal. She earned a gold medal at the 2022 Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament.

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* * 1997 births Living people Taiwanese women boxers Olympic boxers for Taiwan Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2024 Summer Olympics AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships medalists Sportspeople from Hualien County Amis people Bunun people Boxers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Middleweight boxers 21st-century Taiwanese sportswomen Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games bronze medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2022 Asian Games Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Taiwan Olympic medalists in boxing Taiwanese indigenous sportspeople {{Taiwan-boxing-bio-stub