The International Olympics Committee recently cleared Lin Yu-ting to compete in the womenโs boxing event at the Paris 2024 Olympics, find out more about her below along with her age and height
Notably, Lin Yu-ting and another boxer named Imane Khelif failed gender tests at world championships just last year.
Who is Taiwan boxer Lin Yu-ting, bio, age, height, gender, boxing medals list and Instagram
Following the decision, Lin will face an unnamed opponent in the 57kg cateยญgory on Friday, August 2, 2024.
IOC clears Lin and other female boxers for Olympics
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on July 29, 2024 that they have cleared Lin and other female boxers to fight at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The IOC have made the decision despite the IBA decision against them. It also highlights the ongoing dispute between the IOC and the Russian-led International Boxing Association (IBA).
Due to the dispute, the IBA have lost the power to organize Olympic boxing since the Tokyo Games in 2021 due to various governance and ethical issues. As a result, the IOC currently only oversees Olympic boxing qualifying and competitions directly.
Lin Yu-ting bio and age
Lin Yu-ting who is a biological female is a Taiwanese boxer who was born on December 13, 1995 in New Taipei City, Taiwan. She is currently 28 years old and competes in the Featherweight division. She gained prominence after winning a gold medal at the 2018 AIBA Womenโs World Boxing Championships in the bantamweight division. She also won a medal at the 2019 AIBA Womenโs World Boxing Championships.
Height and weight
Lin Yu-ting stands at a height of 1.75 m and roughly weighs around 51 kg.
Career and achievements
Lin Yu-ting mainly competes in the bantamweight division who has had 19 career wins so far. She mainly gained prominence after winning a gold medal at the 2018 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships as a bantamweight. She won another medal the following year at the same competition.
She has won medals at the 2022 Asian Games, in the Womenโs 57 kg, and at the 2018 Asian Games in the Womenโs 51 kg. Just last year in March 2023, Yu-Ting won a bronze medal from the International Boxing Association (IBA) Womenโs World Boxing Championships. However, she failed a sex test and got stripped of it, with Bulgariaโs Svetlana Staneva instead winning it.
Lin Yu-ting has an Instagram account with the handle @boxing_ting, where she has over 14.1K followers. She is quite active on her Instagram page and has about 370 posts.