{{Short description|Canadian boxer (born 1987)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=July 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Mandy Bujold | image = Mandy Bujold IM In A Car.jpg | caption = Bujold interviewed in a car in 2018 | full_name = Mandy Marie Brigitte Bujold | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1987|07|25}} | birth_place = Cobourg, Ontario, Canada | height = 160 cm | weight = 51 kg | sport = Boxing | weight_class = Flyweight | club = | coach = | website = {{URL|mandybujold.com|MandyBujold.com}} | headercolor = lightsteelblue | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's amateur boxing }} {{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalGold|2011 Guadalajara|Flyweight}} {{MedalGold|2015 Toronto|Flyweight}} {{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }} {{MedalBronze | 2014 Glasgow | Flyweight }} }}
'''Mandy Marie Brigitte Bujold'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mandybujold.com/?page_id=1388 |title=Biography |website=MandyBujold.com |access-date=10 August 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140220115930/http://mandybujold.com/?page_id=1388 |archive-date=20 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> (born 25 July 1987)<ref name=CG/> is a Canadian former amateur boxer. She won gold medals in the women's flyweight category at the 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games and won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and competed at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics following an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
==Career== Bujold was coached by the late Adrian Teodorescu, who had previously coached Lennox Lewis.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.therecord.com/sports/waterloo-region/2016/11/30/boxing-coach-adrian-teodorescu-dies-of-cancer.html| title=Boxing coach Adrian Teodorescu dies of cancer| work=Waterloo Region Record| date=30 November 2016| accessdate=1 July 2021}}</ref> Bujold has won the Canadian National Championships on 11 occasions.<ref name=BBC>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/57672786| title=Mandy Bujold: Olympic Games return for Canadian after successful appeal| work=BBC Sport| date=1 July 2021| accessdate=1 July 2021}}</ref><ref name=Reuters>{{cite news| url= https://www.reuters.com/article/olympics-2020-boxing-can-bujold-idCNL2N2OC25F| title=Olympics-Canadian boxer wins battle to compete in Tokyo| work=Reuters| date=30 June 2021| accessdate=1 July 2021}}</ref> In 2006, she won the Canadian Junior National Championships.<ref name=Olympique>{{cite web| url= https://olympique.ca/team-canada/mandy-bujold/| title=Mandy Bujold| date=25 October 2011| language=fr| publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee| accessdate=1 July 2021}}</ref>
Bujold made her first senior international appearance at the 2008 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships.<ref name=Olympique/> She won a gold medal in the women's flyweight category at the 2011 Pan American Games.<ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2011 |title=Canadian boxer and Kitchener native Mandy Bujold wins gold at the Pan Am Games |url=http://www.570news.com/2011/10/31/canadian-boxer-and-kitchener-native-mandy-bujold-wins-gold-at-the-pan-am-games/ |newspaper=Canadian Press |publisher=570 News |access-date=4 August 2014}}</ref> She was not selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.570news.com/2016/07/25/olympic-profile-mandy-bujold-kitchener/| title=Olympic profile: Mandy Bujold (Kitchener)| work=570 News| date=25 July 2016| accessdate=1 July 2021}}</ref> At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Bujold won a bronze medal,<ref name=CG/><ref>{{cite news |last=Ewing |first=Lori |date=2 August 2014 |title=Commonwealth Games: Canadian Ariane Fortin wins boxing silver, Samir El-Mais earns gold |url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/amateur/2014/08/02/commonwealth_games_canadian_ariane_fortin_wins_boxing_silver.html |newspaper=Canadian Press |publisher=Toronto Star |access-date=4 August 2014}}</ref> after losing to Briton Nicola Adams in the semi-finals.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/aug/01/nicola-adams-commonwealth-games-flyweight-boxing-final| title=Nicola Adams goes for a golden first in Commonwealth Games boxing ring| work=The Guardian| date=1 August 2014| accessdate=1 July 2021}}</ref> In the same year, Bujold finished fourth at the 2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships.<ref name=Olympique/> She won another gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/panamgames/2015/07/25/mandy-bujold-makes-pan-am-games-history-with-split-decision-win.html| title=Mandy Bujold makes Pan Am Games history with split decision win| work=Toronto Star| date=25 July 2015| accessdate=1 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.570news.com/2015/04/27/more-gold-for-kitchener-boxer-mandy-bujold/| title=More gold for Kitchener boxer Mandy Bujold| work=570 News| date=27 April 2015| accessdate=1 July 2021}}</ref> She was critical of a proposal to remove head protection for amateur boxers, and at one point, she threatened to retire if the rule was enacted.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/mandy-bujold-no-headgear-rule-1.3541307| title=Mandy Bujold delays retirement plans after headgear rule put on hold| work=CBC Sports| date=18 April 2016| accessdate=1 July 2021}}</ref>
In July 2016, she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://olympic.ca/2016/07/14/three-canadian-boxers-nominated-for-rio-2016/ |title=Three Canadian boxers nominated for Rio 2016 |last=Friche do Valle |first=Diana |date=14 July 2016 |website=www.olympic.ca |publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee |access-date=14 July 2016}}</ref> after having won the Olympic qualifying event in Buenos Aires in March 2016.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/mandy-bujold-qualifies-olympics-1.3501363| title=Mandy Bujold qualifies for the Rio Olympics in boxing| work=CBC Sports| date=22 March 2016| accessdate=1 July 2021}}</ref> She was one of three Canadian boxers at the Games and was considered Canada's best boxing medal prospect.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/olympics/canadas-olympic-boxing-team-makes-up-in-quality-what-it-lacks-in-quantity/article30931205/| title=Canada's Olympic boxing team makes up in quality what it lacks in quantity| work=The Globe and Mail| date=14 July 2016| accessdate=1 July 2021}}</ref> During the Games, she was hospitalized for one night<ref name=Reuters/> with gastroenteritis. She lost {{convert|2|kg|lb}} of liquid from her body.<ref name=Post>{{cite news| url=https://nationalpost.com/sports/olympics/mandy-bujold-finds-strength-to-box-while-battling-stomach-flu| title=Mandy Bujold finds strength to box while battling stomach flu — and losing two kilos of body liquid| work=National Post| date=16 August 2016| accessdate=1 July 2021}}</ref> She lost in the quarter-finals of the competition,<ref name=Reuters/> having only left the hospital two hours before the fight commenced.<ref name=Post/> Following the Games, she took some time away from boxing.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/mandy-bujold-boxer-rio-future-1.3728007| title=Kitchener boxer Mandy Bujold weighs options after Rio Olympics| work=CBC Sports| date=19 August 2016| accessdate=1 July 2021}}</ref> She withdrew from selection for the 2018 Commonwealth Games after being told that she would need to live in Montreal;<ref name=CBC18>{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/mandy-bujold-withdraws-2018-commonwealth-games-australia-1.4557227| title=Boxer Mandy Bujold won't be at 2018 Commonwealth Games| work=CBC Sports| date=1 March 2018| accessdate=1 July 2021}}</ref> she had previously been selected in the squad.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1059095/olympian-bujold-headlines-canadas-boxing-team-for-gold-coast-2018-commonwealth-games| title=Olympian Bujold headlines Canada's boxing team for Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games| work=Inside the Games| date=13 December 2017| accessdate=1 July 2021}}</ref>
In December 2019, Bujold won the Canadian Olympic qualification tournament.<ref name=BBC/> She was scheduled to participate in the 2020 Summer Olympics qualification event in May 2021 before the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name=CBC/> As a result, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) chose to instead consider results from 2018 and 2019, which meant that Bujold was not considered, as she had been pregnant and on maternity leave during that period.<ref name=CBC/><ref name=Reuters/> Bujold, supported by Canadian Minister of Canadian Heritage Steven Guilbeault, the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), and Boxing Canada, appealed to the IOC to reconsider this decision but received no reply.<ref name=CBC/> Bujold appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS); on 30 June 2021, CAS awarded her a place at the Games.<ref name=CBC/><ref name=Reuters/> The court ruled that the qualification system must accommodate pregnant or postpartum women during the qualification period.<ref name=CBC>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/boxing/canada-s-mandy-bujold-wins-fight-to-box-in-tokyo-olympics-1.6085623|title=Canada's Mandy Bujold wins battle to box in Tokyo Olympics|date=30 June 2021|website=www.cbc.ca/|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=30 June 2021}}</ref> The COC released a statement supporting the CAS outcome.<ref name=Reuters/><ref name=CBC/> At the Games, Bujold lost her first-round match to Serbian Nina Radovanović.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/boxing/olympics-mandy-bujold-boxing-july25-1.6116259| title=Boxer Mandy Bujold's Olympic fight comes to quick end after legal battle to reach Tokyo| work=CBC.ca| date=24 July 2021| accessdate=29 July 2021}}</ref>
Bujold announced her retirement from boxing after the 2020 Summer Olympics.<ref name=BBC/>
==Personal life== Bujold was born in Cobourg, Ontario,<ref name=CG>{{cite web |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/boxing/1019570/m_bujold.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140812024904/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/boxing/1019570/m_bujold.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=12 August 2014 |title=Mandy Bujold |publisher=Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games |access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref> and now lives in Kitchener, Ontario.<ref name=CBC/> Aside from boxing, she has worked for Communitech.<ref name=CBC18/> In November 2018, her daughter was born.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://kitchener.citynews.ca/local-news/local-boxing-champion-gives-birth-to-girl-1121705| title=Local boxing champion gives birth to girl| work=Kitchener Today| date=14 November 2018| accessdate=1 July 2021}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Official website|http://mandybujold.com/}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com profile|mandy-bujold}} * {{Team Canada|mandy-bujold}} * {{CGF profile}} * {{2014 Commonwealth Games profile|boxing/1019570/m_bujold}} * {{2015 Pan American Games profile|boxing/athlete-profile-n10181844-bujold-mandy}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bujold, Mandy}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:People from Cobourg Category:Sportspeople from Northumberland County, Ontario Category:Canadian women boxers Category:Flyweight boxers Category:Olympic boxers for Canada Category:Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Category:Boxers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada in boxing Category:Boxers at the 2015 Pan American Games Category:Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen Category:Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in boxing