Tasmyn Benny

Tasmyn Benny (born 20 October 1998) is a boxer from New Zealand. She is of Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi and Waikato Tainui descent. In 2018 she competed in boxing at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia, winning a bronze medal. As of March 2018 she is the top ranked 48kg Elite Female boxer in New Zealand, and seventh ranked in the Commonwealth.
Benny is from Thames, in the North Island of New Zealand. She attended Turua Primary School before Hauraki Plains College, and joined the Royal New Zealand Navy after completing high school. Benny played netball as a teenager, and started boxing to get fit for games, however she enjoyed boxing so much she gave up netball to focus on boxing. Her first competitive fight was at the age of 16.