{{Short description|French Polynesian boxer (d. 2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = | residence = | birth_date = | birth_place = | height = | weight = | website = | country = {{flagcountry|TAH}} | sport = Boxing | event = | collegeteam = | universityteam = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's Boxing}} {{MedalCountry | {{TAH}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Pacific Games}} {{MedalBronze| 2019 Apia |Heavyweight}} {{MedalGold| 2015 Port Moresby |Heavyweight}} {{MedalCountry | {{TAH}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Pacific Mini Games}} {{MedalGold| 2017 Port Vila |Heavyweight}} }} '''Heimata Neuffer''' (died 13 November 2020)<ref name=TIDeath/> was a French Polynesian heavyweight boxer who represented French Polynesia at the Pacific Games.
Neuffer was from Raiatea and worked as a police officer.<ref name=TIDeath/> The son of boxer Pascal Neuffer, he began boxing at an early age.<ref name=TI2016a>{{cite web |url=https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Boxe-Heimata-Neuffer-veut-le-titre-de-Champion-de-France_a143529.html |title=Boxe : Heimata Neuffer veut le titre de Champion de France |publisher=Tahiti Infos |language=fr |date=24 January 2016 |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>
In 2011 he was selected as part of the Tahitian team for the Cadet World Boxing Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Boxe-Championnats-du-Monde-Cadets-a-Astana-Khazahstan_a28350.html |title=Boxe: Championnats du Monde Cadets a Astana ( Khazahstan) |publisher=Tahiti Infos |language=fr |date=25 July 2011 |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> The following year he was sent to Los Angeles to train.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Deux-boxeurs-polynesiens-en-stage-a-Los-Angeles_a64067.html |title=Deux boxeurs polynésiens en stage à Los Angeles |publisher=Tahiti Infos |language=fr |date=26 December 2012 |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>
At the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby he won gold in the heavyweight division.<ref name=TI2016a/> In 2016 he competed in the French Amateur Boxing Championships,<ref name=TI2016a/> losing in the final to Mickael Robert.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Champoionnat-de-France-de-Boxe-amateur-Heimata-Neuffer-s-incline-en-finale_a143884.html |title=Champoionnat de France de Boxe amateur : Heimata Neuffer s'incline en finale |publisher=Tahiti Infos |language=fr |date=31 January 2016 |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> Following this he was selected to join the ''Pôle France Boxe'' at the National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance in Paris.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Boxe-INSEP-Heimata-Neuffer-integrera-le-pole-France-en-2017_a154000.html |title=Boxe - INSEP : Heimata Neuffer intègrera le pôle France en 2017 |publisher=Tahiti Infos |language=fr |date=19 October 2016 |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>
At the 2017 Pacific Mini Games in Port Vila he had to compete under the banner of the Pacific Games Council due to the disaccreditation of the Polynesian Boxing Federation,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Boxe-Mini-Jeux-Vanuatu-Medailles-assurees-pour-Neuffer-Atiu-et-Jubely_a167387.html |title=Boxe – Mini Jeux Vanuatu : Médailles assurées pour Neuffer, Atiu et Jubely |publisher=Tahiti Infos |language=fr |date=14 December 2017 |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> but won gold.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Boxe-Mini-Jeux-du-Pacifique-De-l-or-et-de-l-argent-pour-nos-Aito_a167455.html |title=Boxe – Mini-Jeux du Pacifique : De l’or et de l’argent pour nos Aito |publisher=Tahiti Infos |language=fr |date=17 December 2017 |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> At the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia he won bronze.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tahiti-infos.com/De-l-argent-et-du-bronze-pour-les-boxeurs_a183384.html |title=De l'argent et du bronze pour les boxeurs |publisher=Tahiti Infos |language=fr |date=20 July 2019 |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>
He was killed in a car accident in Raiatea on 13 November 2020.<ref name=TIDeath>{{cite web |url=https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Heimata-Neuffer-champion-de-boxe-decede-dans-un-accident-de-la-route_a196014.html |title=Heimata Neuffer, champion de boxe, décède dans un accident de la route |publisher=Tahiti Infos |language=fr |date=14 November 2020 |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/polynesie/tahiti/disparition-brutale-de-heimata-neuffer-a-l-age-de-24-ans-892846.html |title=Disparition brutale de Heimata Neuffer à l'âge de 24 ans |publisher=Polymesie1 |language=fr |date=14 November 2020 |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> In June 2021 the driver of the vehicle was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to five years imprisonment.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/polynesie/tahiti/polynesie-francaise/deces-de-heimata-neuffer-le-conducteur-juge-1041268.html |title=Décès de Heimata Neuffer, le conducteur condamné |publisher=polynesie1 |language=fr |date=21 June 2021 |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>
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