Boxing Scotland (on facebook)
We were extremely saddened to hear that on the morning of Friday 13 September 2019 Magdalen Berns passed away, surrounded by family. Before her cancer diagnosis in 2016 and diagnosis of gioblastoma in 2018, Magdalen had been an active member of the boxing community in Scotland.
Magdalen was a pioneer for both women's boxing and university boxing in Scotland, and she was a member of Scotland's first female boxing squad in 2011.
Magdalen initially represented the University of Edinburgh while training at Leith Victoria in 2009-2011 before moving on to Holyrood Boxing Gym in 2012. She was the first Scottish boxer to compete in, and win, the Haringey Box Cup in 2010 and the Golden Girl Championship in 2011. In 2011, Magdalen also won the British Universities Boxing Championships and boxed in the finals of the Scottish elite championships.
Most recently, Magdalen was a boxing coach for the University of Edinburgh. She has left a tremendous legacy for women's boxing in Scotland, and she will be missed.
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