# Emily Asquith

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{{Short description|English boxer (born 2003)}}
{{Infobox boxer (amateur)
| name             = Emily Asquith
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| nationality      = English
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|2002|12|16|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/fighters/518142-emily-asquith|title=Emily Asquith|publisher=tapology.com|accessdate=12 September 2025}}</ref>
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| weight_class     = [Light-heavyweight](/source/Light-heavyweight)
| club             = Sheffield City Boxing Club
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{{MedalSport|Women's [amateur boxing](/source/amateur_boxing)}}
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{{Medal|Competition|[World Boxing Championships](/source/World_Boxing_Championships)}}
{{Medal|Silver|[2025 Liverpool](/source/2025_World_Boxing_Championships)|[80 kg](/source/2025_World_Boxing_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_80_kg)}}
{{MedalComp|[European Youth Boxing Championships](/source/European_Amateur_Boxing_Championships)}}
{{Medal|Gold|2019 Sofia|81 kg}}
{{MedalComp|[European Junior Boxing Championships](/source/European_Amateur_Boxing_Championships)}}
{{Medal|Gold|2018 Anapa|80 kg}}
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'''Emily Asquith''' (born 16 December 2002) is an English [amateur boxer](/source/amateur_boxer). She won a silver medal in the 80&nbsp;kg division at the [2025 World Boxing Championships](/source/2025_World_Boxing_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_80_kg). Asquith also won gold medals in the [light-heavyweight](/source/light-heavyweight) category at the [2018 European Junior Boxing Championships](/source/European_Amateur_Boxing_Championships) and [2019 European Youth Boxing Championships](/source/European_Amateur_Boxing_Championships).

==Career==
Having started boxing aged 11,<ref name=sheffield>{{cite web|url=https://www.shu.ac.uk/news/all-articles/latest-news/emily-asquith-boxing|title=Sheffield Hallam student becomes amateur boxing champion|publisher=Sheffield Hallam University|accessdate=9 September 2025}}</ref> Asquith won the gold medal in the 80&nbsp;kg division at the [2018 European Junior Boxing Championships](/source/European_Amateur_Boxing_Championships) in [Anapa](/source/Anapa), Russia, defeating Poland's Martyna Jancelewicz by unanimous decision in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/news/a-buzz-at-bridlington-abc-as-emily-wins-euro-crown-558656|title=A buzz at Bridlington ABC as Emily wins Euro crown|publisher=The Scarborough News|accessdate=9 September 2025}}</ref>

A [southpaw](/source/Southpaw_stance),<ref name=southpaw>{{cite web|url=https://fightpost.co.uk/2025/05/18/emily-asquith-before-turning-over-i-want-to-have-completed-everything-i-could-possibly-have-done-in-the-amateurs/|title=Emily Asquith: "Before turning over, I want to have completed everything I could possibly have done in the amateurs."|publisher=Fight Post|accessdate=9 September 2025}}</ref> she followed this up by taking the 81&nbsp;kg gold at the [2019 European Youth Boxing Championships](/source/European_Amateur_Boxing_Championships) in [Sofia](/source/Sofia), Bulgaria, winning the final against Elanur Sagit from Turkey via unanimous decision.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.englandboxing.org/news_articles/hat-trick-of-golds-for-englands-females/|title=Three Euro golds for England’s females|publisher=England Boxing|accessdate=9 September 2025}}</ref>

After almost two years out of the sport due to a hand injury, Asquith won her first senior national elite title in April 2025, stopping Paige Ford in round one of the 81&nbsp;kg final at [Derby Arena](/source/Derby_Arena).<ref name=sheffield/><ref name=emily>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/boxing/sheffields-new-national-champion-makes-history-5113898|title=Sheffield's new national champion makes history|publisher=The Star|accessdate=9 September 2025}}</ref>

She was selected to represent England in the 80&nbsp;kg category at the [2025 World Boxing Championships](/source/2025_World_Boxing_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_80_kg) in [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.englandboxing.org/news_articles/four-england-performance-boxers-set-for-world-boxing-championships-in-liverpool/|title=Four England Performance Boxers Set for World Boxing Championships in Liverpool|publisher=England Boxing|accessdate=9 September 2025}}</ref> Asquith defeated reigning European Under-23 champion Iryna Lutsak of Ukraine<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.englandboxing.org/news_articles/emily-excellent-on-day-five-of-world-boxing-championships/|title=Emily excellent on Day Five of World Boxing Championships|publisher=England Boxing|accessdate=9 September 2025}}</ref> and six-time world championship medalist [Elif Güneri](/source/Elif_G%C3%BCneri) from Turkey, both via unanimous decision, to reach the semi-finals,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.englandboxing.org/news_articles/emily-asquith-claims-major-world-medal/|title=Emily Asquith claims major world medal|publisher=England Boxing|accessdate=11 September 2025}}</ref> where she beat India's [Pooja Rani](/source/Pooja_Rani) by 4:1 split decision.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/articles/cn4lw24zrg4o|title=Britons Stott and Asquith into world finals|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=13 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.englandboxing.org/news_articles/england-duo-march-into-world-finals/|title=England Duo March Into World Finals|publisher=England Boxing|accessdate=14 September 2025}}</ref> She lost in the final to Australia's [Eseta Flint](/source/Eseta_Flint) via unanimous decision and was therefore awarded a silver medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/articles/c4gk80x67wwo|title=Stott and Asquith beaten in world finals|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=14 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.englandboxing.org/news_articles/silver-success-on-final-day-of-world-boxing-championships/|title=Silver Success on Final Day of World Boxing Championships|publisher=England Boxing|accessdate=16 September 2025}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Asquith studied [sports and exercise science](/source/Sports_Science) at [Sheffield Hallam University](/source/Sheffield_Hallam_University) and works as a [teaching assistant](/source/teaching_assistant).<ref name=sheffield/><ref name=southpaw/><ref name=emily/>

==References==
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Category:Living people
Category:2002 births
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:English women boxers
Category:Light-heavyweight boxers
Category:21st-century English sportswomen
Category:Southpaw boxers
Category:Alumni of Sheffield Hallam University
Category:World Boxing Championships medalists

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