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Boxers who have won 3 or more Olympic medals. Western athletes usually participate in a single Olympic tournament and then turn pro, while boxers from Cuba and other countries with state support of the sport might compete in several Olympics, therefore having a clear advantage in terms of age and experience.
The Cuban boxing team won three gold medals, their first in Olympic boxing history, as well as one silver and one bronze. The Munich games established Cuba's dominance over the amateur sport that was to last decades. It also established Stevenson as the world's premier amateur heavyweight boxer.
Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics (289 P) Boxers at the 2024 Summer Olympics (195 P) This page was last edited on 24 August 2016, at 13:07 (UTC). Text is available ...
Harrison Garside (born 22 July 1997) is an Australian boxer. [1] He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics where he won the bronze medal. [2] [3] This marked the first time in more than three decades that an Australian medaled in boxing at the Olympics.
He won the 1976 Olympic gold medal one week after his mother died. He was also awarded the Val Barker Trophy at the Olympics, beating out such boxers as Sugar Ray Leonard, Michael Spinks and Leon Spinks. [1] He turned professional after the Olympics and went on to compile a professional record of 36–6–1 with 14 knockouts. He retired in 1996 ...
In July 2011, the BBC included Adams in a feature on "6 Promising Britons to watch in the Olympics". [14] In the 2012 Summer Olympics, Adams defeated Mary Kom from India in the Flyweight semi-final. [15] [16] She went on to defeat Chinese boxer and world number one Ren Cancan in the final to claim the first Olympic women's boxing gold medal. [17]
He ran in marathons (including the New York City Marathon [15] and Boston Marathon) all over the world until the mid-1980s. In 1985 he completed the Stockholm Marathon. During the 1990s, Johansson and Patterson would attend boxing conventions and also sign their autographs on boxing memorabilia.
Pages in category "Olympic gold medalists for the United States in boxing" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .