Marissa Williamson
Australian boxer (born 2002)
Marissa Williamson Pohlman (born 19 February 2002) is an Australian amateur boxer who competes in the welterweight division. She won a gold medal at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands, qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics. She was the first female Indigenous Australian boxer to compete at an Olympic Games.
On 1 August 2024, Williamson made her Olympic debut in the round of 16 against Hungarian Luca Hámori, losing the bout 5–0. Amidst the Imane Khelif controversy, she called for bans of athletes with failed gender eligibility tests from competing against women.
Williamson was born in Geelong, Victoria. She has stated she has Aboriginal Australian (Ngarrindjeri) ancestry. She identifies as queer.
Competitions
| Competition | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|
| boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – women's 66 kg | 2024 |
External links
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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