Delicious Orie
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| Born | 31 May 1997 Moscow, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight(s) | Super-heavyweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (198 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Delicious Orie (born 31 May 1997) is a British amateur boxer who won gold medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the 2023 European Games.
Biography[edit]
Orie was born in Moscow to a Nigerian father and a Russian mother. Facing racial prejudice due to the colour of his skin, he moved to England at age seven and settled in Wolverhampton a few years later[2][3] His father revealed in a BBC interview that Orie's name was inspired by vocalist Delious Kennedy from the American R&B and pop group 'All for One'.
Orie won a bronze medal at the 2022 European Championships.[4]
He won gold medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in England and the 2023 European Games in Poland. In doing the latter he qualified a quota place in the super-heavyweight category for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[5] On 7 June 2024, Orie was officially announced among the Great Britain squad for the Olympics in Paris.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Bradley, Jack (21 June 2019). "Meet the next Anthony Joshua - Delicious Orie". British Boxing News. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ a b Dennen, John (9 March 2022). "Delicious Orie: Britain's next super-heavyweight hope aims to become local hero at Commonwealths". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ Hope, Nick (25 January 2021). "Delicious Orie, the boxer raised in Russia, built in Britain". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ McKenna, Ben (31 May 2022). "Harris Akbar crowned European Champion as GB Boxing return from a triumphant week in Armenia with eight medals". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ "Delicious Orie wins super-heavyweight gold on final day of action at 2023 European Games in Poland". GB Boxing. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ "Team GB announce Olympic boxing squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
External links[edit]
- Delicious Orie at BoxRec (registration required)
- Delicious Orie at Team England
- 1997 births
- Living people
- British male boxers
- Sportspeople from Moscow
- Super-heavyweight boxers
- English people of Nigerian descent
- Sportspeople of Nigerian descent
- English people of Russian descent
- Russian emigrants to the United Kingdom
- Sportspeople from Wolverhampton
- Boxers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
- 21st-century English people
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- European Games gold medalists for Great Britain
- European Games medalists in boxing
- Boxers at the 2023 European Games