Christophe Mendy

Christophe Mendy is a retired boxer who competed for France in the heavyweight division during the 1990s. He won the bronze medal at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, Germany, where he was defeated in the semifinals by Cuban legend Flix Savn. A year later he ended up second at the 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Vejle, Denmark. A couple of months later Mendy represented France at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Mendy was born in Rouen, Normandy, a region of Western France. He began boxing at the age ofand soon came to be noticed by the local trainers, becoming an amateur boxer in the cruiserweight division at the age of 17. He won various local championships and became vicechampion of France. He then came to be noticed by scouts for the French national team.

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