Valérie Hénin
Valérie Wiet-Henin | |
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Born | Valérie Hénin November 15, 1967 Nancy, France |
Nationality | French |
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Division | Lightweight (Kickboxing) Welterweight (Boxing) |
Style | Muay Thai, Boxing, Taekwondo |
Rank | black belt in Taekwondo |
Professional boxing record | |
Total | 3 |
Wins | 2 |
By knockout | 1 |
Draws | 1 |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 40 |
Wins | 36 |
By knockout | 21 |
Losses | 3 |
Draws | 1 |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 1 |
Wins | 0 |
Losses | 1 |
By submission | 1 |
Other information | |
Boxing record from BoxRec | |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog |
Valérie Hénin French boxer, kickboxer and Muay Thai fighter. She is a former ISKA World Kickboxing champion and the former WIBF Welterweight boxing champion.[1][2]
Boxing
[edit]On Valerie Henin boxing debut she fought Mary Ann Almager in order to become a WIBF world Welterweight champion.[3][4]
On June 16, 2001, Henin fought Patricia Demick in Anchorage, Alaska, for the WIBF world Welterweight title.[5] The fight ended in a draw.
Personal life
[edit]Valerie Henin was married to kickboxer Orlando Wiet and had a daughter called Magda Wiet-Hénin a taekwondo Olympian.[6][7][8]
Championships and accomplishments
[edit]- 1994 ISKA World Kickboxing Champion
- 1996 WIBF world Welterweight title[9]
- 2000 European Taekwondo Championships bronze medal[10]
Professional boxing record
[edit]3 fights | 2 wins | 0 losses |
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By knockout | 1 | 0 |
By decision | 1 | 0 |
Draws | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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1 | Win | 1-0 | Mary Ann Almager | TKO | 9(10) | 3 Nov 1996 | Tokyo Bay NK Hall, Urayasu | Won Women's International Boxing Federation World Super Welterweight Title |
References
[edit]- ^ Walker, DeArbea (22 February 2019). "They bullied Fredia Gibbs, but she turned their taunts into motivation to become a kickboxing champion". Inquirer.
- ^ "Nancy / podcast. Valérie Hénin : les souvenirs de la pionnière nancéienne de la boxe". www.republicain-lorrain.fr.
- ^ "Does Disease Win With Morrison?". Los Angeles Times. November 3, 1996.
- ^ "Ageless Foreman plods his way to another victory". products.kitsapsun.com.
- ^ V, Rodrigo Retamal (September 16, 2013). "La historia de la chilena que peleó el título mundial de boxeo 12 años antes que la "Crespa" Rodríguez". La Tercera.
- ^ Cimiez, Alice (September 23, 2015). "Valérie Hénin : punch de famille".
- ^ "Wiet-Hénin et Da Costa, deux armes pour la Lorraine aux JO de Tokyo". France 3 Grand Est. 8 July 2021.
- ^ "JO : Magda Wiet Henin, si maman si". Le Figaro. July 25, 2021.
- ^ "HIV-Infected Morrison Knocks Out Rhode in First Round". AP NEWS.
- ^ "Portrait. Valérie Hénin, championne du monde de kick-boxing, de full contact et de boxe anglaise, première femme au combat". www.estrepublicain.fr.
External links
[edit]- Boxing record for Valérie Hénin from BoxRec (registration required)
- Professional MMA record for Valerie Henin from Sherdog
- 1967 births
- French female taekwondo practitioners
- People from Nancy, France
- French Muay Thai practitioners
- Female Muay Thai practitioners
- French female kickboxers
- Lightweight kickboxers
- French women boxers
- Welterweight boxers
- French savateurs
- International Boxing Federation champions
- French female mixed martial artists
- Living people
- 20th-century French sportswomen
- French martial arts biography stubs
- European taekwondo biography stubs
- Mixed martial arts biography stubs
- French boxing biography stubs
- Martial arts biography stubs