Ren Cancan

{{Short description|Chinese boxer (born 1986)}}

{{Infobox boxer

| name = Ren Cancan

| image = Nicola Adams v Cancan Ren, London 2012 (8374473182).jpg

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| caption = Nicola Adams v Ren Cancan (in red) at the 2012 Olympics

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| nationality = {{CHN}}

| weight = Flyweight

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|4|26}}

| birth_place = Jining, Shandong

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| height = {{height|ft=5|in=6}}

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{{MedalSport | Women's amateur boxing }}

{{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }}

{{MedalOlympic}}

{{MedalSilver | 2012 London | Flyweight }}

{{MedalBronze | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Flyweight }}

{{MedalComp | World Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2008 Ningbo | Light bantamweight }}

{{MedalGold | 2010 Bridgetown | Flyweight }}

{{MedalGold | 2012 Qinhuangdao | Flyweight }}

{{MedalComp | Asian Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2015 Wulanchabu | Flyweight }}

{{MedalSilver | 2008 Guwahati | Light bantamweight }}

{{MedalSilver | 2012 Ulaanbaatar | Flyweight }}

{{MedalComp | Asian Games }}

{{MedalGold | 2010 Guangzhou | Flyweight }}

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{{family name hatnote|Ren|lang=Chinese}}

Ren Cancan ({{zh|c=任灿灿|p=Rén Càncàn}}; born April 26, 1986, in Jining, Shandong) is a female Chinese boxer who has won three world championships.{{cite web |url=http://88.85.4.2/biographies.fwx?id_athlete=8073 |title=Ren Cancan biography |publisher=International Boxing Association |accessdate=August 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019141244/http://88.85.4.2/biographies.fwx?id_athlete=8073 |archivedate=October 19, 2012 }} She took up boxing in 2002 and won the silver medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the Women's Boxing – Flyweight Division as southpaw, she is also a bronze medalist of women's 51 kg title at 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She lost in both of her Olympic Games to the double-champion Nicola Adams.

Her official birthdate is January 26, 1988, as registered with the international boxing association, but she told Reuters in Chinese through a translator, that her actual birthdate is April 26, 1986.{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/london-olympics-2012/articles/boxing/mens-welterweight/2012/07/12/fabrication-age-old-problem-chinese-athletes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720014958/http://www.reuters.com/london-olympics-2012/articles/boxing/mens-welterweight/2012/07/12/fabrication-age-old-problem-chinese-athletes |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 20, 2012 |title=Age fabrication still a problem for Chinese athletes |publisher=Reuters |date=July 13, 2012 |accessdate=August 8, 2012}} January 26, 1988, is nine months after April 26, 1987, of the prior year, and East Asian age reckoning often used conception date for girls in the past, but that does not explain the extra year discrepancy coming from the translator.