Merven Clair (born 2 July 1993) is a

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. He competed at the

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in the men's middleweight event, in which he was eliminated in the first round by

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. He also competed at the

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in the welterweight class where he was also eliminated in the first round, that time by Kenya's Rayton Okwiri. At the 68th edition of the Strandja Memorial in February 2017, he placed third after a defeat in the semifinals to eventual tournament winner Pat McCormack. At the 2017 African Boxing Championships in

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, Clair secured a silver medal in the 69 kg weight class, suffering his only defeat of the tournament in the final against Muzamiru Kakande from

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. He won the gold medal at the

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, Morocco in the welterweight class by defeating the

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n boxer Abdulafeez Osoba in the final. At the

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, he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Stephen Zimba by referee stoppage in the second round. He qualified to represent Mauritius at the

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and competed in the men's welterweight event.

Honours

Mauritius Sportsman of the Year 2019

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* 1993 births Living people Mauritian male boxers Olympic boxers for Mauritius Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Mauritius Boxers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Boxers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Boxers at the 2019 African Games African Games gold medalists in boxing African Games gold medalists for Mauritius Middleweight boxers Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Mauritius-boxing-bio-stub