Lewis Williams (born 24 December 1998
in
Leamington Spa
Royal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or simply LeamingtonEven more colloquially, also referred to as Lem or Leam (). (), is a spa town and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. Originally a small village called Leamington Pri ...
) is an English
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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. He competed at the
2022 European Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 2022 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in the Yerevan, Armenia from 23 to 30 May 2022. It is the 44th edition of this biennial competition organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, the EUBC.
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, winning the
bronze medal
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in the heavyweight event. He previously competed at the
2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships in the
heavyweight
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Boxing Professional
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event, but was defeated in the quarter-final by
Madiyar Saydrakhimov.
Williams competed at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
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, winning the gold medal in the heavyweight division. He defeated
Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali 5-0 in the final.
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Living people
1998 births
Sportspeople from Leamington Spa
English male boxers
Heavyweight boxers
Boxers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
21st-century English sportsmen
Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
European Games competitors for Great Britain
Boxers at the 2023 European Games
Commonwealth Games gold medallists in boxing
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