Louis Richarno Colin (born 17 July 1987 in

Vacoas-Phoenix Vacoas-Phoenix () also known as French: ''Villes Jumelles'' (Twin Cities), is a town in Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District, the eastern part also lies in the Moka District. The town is administered by the Municipal Council of Vac ...

, Mauritius) is a

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boxer best known to be All Africa champ 2011. He qualified for the

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at junior welterweight at the

2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament The 2nd AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held from 24 March to 29 March 2008 in Windhoek, Namibia. It was held at the Gymnasium Hall of the University of Namibia. Qualifying 28 teams participated in this tournament: Compe ...

. At Beijing he upset

Myke Carvalho Myke Michel de Carvalho (born October 28, 1983 in Belém do Pará) is a Brazilian retired amateur boxer, best known for his participation in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics and for winning bronze medals at the Panamerican Games in 2007 ...

but was defeated by Gennady Kovalev from Russia in the round of 16.( Results) He has competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games under the name of Louis Colin. He was the flag carrier for

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...

in the opening ceremony. He won bronze in the Light Welterweight category in Boxing. At the

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he also qualified for the 2012 London Olympics. At London he beat Abdelhak Aatakni in the first round before losing to

Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene ( mn, Уранчимэгийн Мөнх-Эрдэнэ; born March 22, 1982) is an amateur boxer from Mongolia who competed in the Lightweight (−60 kg) and junior welterweight (-64 kg) divisions at three Olymp ...

in the second round. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's lightweight event.

Commonwealth results

2010 (as Light Welterweight) (as Louis Colin) * Defeated Chris Jenkins (Wales) 7–0 * Defeated Luke Woods (Australia) 8–3 * Defeated Philip Bowes (Jamaica) 6–0 * Lost to Bradley Saunders (England) 7–10

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Richarno Colin's profile at ESPN Sports

2010 Commonwealth Games Bio
1987 births Living people Light-welterweight boxers Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Mauritius Boxers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Mauritius Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Mauritius Boxers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Boxers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Mauritian male boxers Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing African Games gold medalists for Mauritius African Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games Competitors at the 2019 African Games People from Plaines Wilhems District Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Mauritius-boxing-bio-stub