Kennedy St-Pierre

Joseph Kennedy St-Pierre (born 23 October 1992) is a Mauritian boxer who represented Mauritius at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where he competed in the men's heavyweight competition. He is a two time African Games gold medalist (one in the middleweight division and one in the heavyweight division) and a one time Commonwealth Games silver medalist (in the light heavyweight division). St-Pierre has also competed in another Commonwealth Games and an African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Competition St-Pierre's debut at an international sporting competition was at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. He reached the quarterfinals of the men's welterweight competition before losing 13–1 to Carl Hield of the Bahamas. St-Pierre then competed in the 2011 African Games which was held in Maputo, Mozambique. He beat David Akankolim of Ghana, Australian Jordan Samardali and Welshman Nathan Thorley to reach the final of the competition. St-Pierre than competed in the 2015 African Games in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. He beat Algerian Chouaib Bouloudinat 2–1 in the final of the men's −91 kg competition. At the Rio games, St-Pierre competed in the men's heavyweight competition. St-Pierre won the fight 2–1 to progress to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, St-Pierre lost 3–0 to Vasily Levit of Kazakhstan and was therefore eliminated from the competition. The event was won by Russian Evgeny Tishchenko, who beat Levit 3–0 in the final.