Marlen Esparza
Marlen Esparza
Marlen Esparza is an American boxer. In May 2012, she qualified to compete at the 2012 Olympics, becoming the first American woman to qualify for the Olympics in the first year that women's boxing will be an Olympic event. She won the bronze medal in the women's flyweight division at the 2012 Olympics in London...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth29 July 1989
CountryUnited States of America
thinking ifs
If no one thinks you can, then you have to.
fall want ifs
If you really know... what you want and how to get there, then everything else really falls into place.
fighting sparring-partner years
I used to be so aggressive, but after a while I started learning. It's not that I know how to adapt, but I know all styles of fighting so I can change my style of fighting to whatever it needs to be. That just comes from years of training and a lot of sparring partners.
athlete helping help-me
As an athlete, confidence makes me more competitive and helps me perform better.
jobs winning thinking
I don't have to think. My only job is to show up and win.
married obsessed getting-married
I'm obsessed with getting married, but I don't even have a boyfriend.
fighting feel-good looks
If I look good then I feel good and if I feel good, then I'll fight good.
country games role-models
I look forward to continuing to be a role model to women across the country and helping them have confidence in all they do in the ring, on the court or in the game of life!
real trials world
I thought that when I won the Olympic trials I was going to be the happiest person in the whole world. And I was happy. But it wasn't like I thought it was going to be. I had already imagined it in my head so many times. It was real before it happened.
boxing sometimes
I sometimes say I am in a relationship with boxing,
wedding magazines want
I've thought about it a hundred times. I even buy bridal magazines sometimes. I want David Tutera to do my wedding.