| Weight class | Flyweight |
|---|---|
| Height | 160 cm |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Birth date | 13 January 1995 (age 31) |
| Birth place | Guiding County, Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou, China |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxrec | 899642 |
| Total | 35 |
| Wins | 31 |
| Ko | 0 |
| Losses | 4 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
Wu Yu (Chinese: 吴愉; pinyin: Wú Yú, born 13 January 1995) is a Chinese boxer. She won the gold medal in Women's 50kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career
She won a gold medal at the 2023 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships.[1][2][3]
On 9 August 2024, she won the gold medal in Women's 50kg at the 2024 Summer Olympics, defeating Turkish boxer Buse Naz Çakıroğlu by 4-1 in the final. She is China's second woman boxer to have become an Olympic champion;[4] Chang Yuan was the first.[5]
Personal life
Wu has been described as being a sergeant in the Chinese military.[6]
References
- ^ "2023 Results". IBA. Archived 1 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Chinese boxers Wu Yu and Yang Chengyu claim world titles at IBA Women’s Boxing World Championships 2023". Dimsum Daily. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
- ^ "China grabs two golds at Women's Boxing World Championships". Xinhua. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
- ^ "WU Yu vs CAKIROGLU Buse Naz Results". 9 August 2024. Archived 9 October 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024 Boxing: All Results, as Chang Yuan claims gold medal in Women's 54KG Weight Class". 8 August 2024. Archived 26 September 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ Stebbings, Peter (2024-08-11). "China's female boxers break through to reign at Paris Olympics". The Japan Times. Archived 14 September 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-08-24.