Richarno Colin

Mauritian boxer (born 1987)

Richarno Colin

Personal information

Born

(1987-07-17) July 17, 1987 (age 36)
Vacoas, Mauritius

Medal record

Men's Boxing

Representing Mauritius
Commonwealth Games
	2022 Birmingham	Light welterweight
	2010 Delhi	Light welterweight
African Championships
	2015 Casablanca	Light welterweight
All-Africa Games
	2011 Maputo	Light welterweight

Louis Richarno Colin (born 17 July 1987 in Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius^[1]) is a Mauritian boxer best known to be All Africa champ 2011.^{[citation needed]}

He qualified for the 2008 Olympics at junior welterweight at the 2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament. At Beijing he upset Myke Carvalho 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 in the opening ceremony. He won bronze in the Light Welterweight category in Boxing.

At the 2012 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament he also qualified for the 2012 London Olympics. At London he beat Abdelhak Aatakni in the first round before losing to Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene in the second round.^[1]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's lightweight event.^[2]

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

References

^ ^a ^b "Richarno Colin Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
^ "Boxing COLIN Louis Richarno". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.