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Heimata Neuffer (died 13 November 2020) [1] was a French Polynesian heavyweight boxer who represented French Polynesia at the Pacific Games.
Neuffer was from Raiatea and worked as a police officer. [1] The son of boxer Pascal Neuffer, he began boxing at an early age. [2]
In 2011 he was selected as part of the Tahitian team for the Cadet World Boxing Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan. [3] The following year he was sent to Los Angeles to train. [4]
At the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby he won gold in the heavyweight division. [2] In 2016 he competed in the French Amateur Boxing Championships, [2] losing in the final to Mickael Robert. [5] Following this he was selected to join the Pôle France Boxe at the National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance in Paris. [6]
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, [7] but won gold. [8] At the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia he won bronze. [9]
He was killed in a car accident in Raiatea on 13 November 2020. [1] [10] In June 2021 the driver of the vehicle was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to five years imprisonment. [11]
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Heimata Neuffer (died 13 November 2020) [1] was a French Polynesian heavyweight boxer who represented French Polynesia at the Pacific Games.
Neuffer was from Raiatea and worked as a police officer. [1] The son of boxer Pascal Neuffer, he began boxing at an early age. [2]
In 2011 he was selected as part of the Tahitian team for the Cadet World Boxing Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan. [3] The following year he was sent to Los Angeles to train. [4]
At the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby he won gold in the heavyweight division. [2] In 2016 he competed in the French Amateur Boxing Championships, [2] losing in the final to Mickael Robert. [5] Following this he was selected to join the Pôle France Boxe at the National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance in Paris. [6]
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, [7] but won gold. [8] At the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia he won bronze. [9]
He was killed in a car accident in Raiatea on 13 November 2020. [1] [10] In June 2021 the driver of the vehicle was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to five years imprisonment. [11]