David Thomas (boxer)
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| Full name | David John Thomas | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 August 1937 London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | October 1980 (aged 43)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
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David John Thomas (29 August 1937 – October 1980) was a British boxer.
Career
[edit]Thomas competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[2] At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he lost to Josef Němec of Czechoslovakia.[2] He also represented England and won a silver medal in the -91 Kg category at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[3][4] Thomas was a Amateur Boxing Association of England three times heavyweight champion (1957, 1958, 1959) when boxing out of the Polytechnic Boxing Club.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ David Thomas at Olympedia (archive)
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dave Thomas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "A.B.A Championships". Portsmouth Evening News. 26 April 1958. Retrieved 27 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
External links
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- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
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- Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
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