Clarence Walker (boxer)

Clarence Walker (boxer): Clarence Walker
Personal information

Born December 13, 1898

Died April 30, 1957

Medal record

Men's Boxing

Competitor for South Africa

Olympic Games

Gold 1920 Antwerp Bantamweight

Clarence ("Sal") Leonard Walker (December 13, 1898 – April 30, 1957) was a South African bantamweight professional boxer who competed in the early 1920s. He won the gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics, defeating Chris Graham in the final. He was born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, and died in Roodepoort, Gauteng.

Olympic results

Defeated Alfons Bouwens (Belgium)

Defeated Edwart Hartman (United States)

Defeated George McKenzie (Great Britain)

Defeated Chris Graham (Canada)

References

Professional boxing record for Clarence Walker (boxer) from BoxRec

Olympic profile

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1904: 105-115 lb (47.6-52.2 kg), 1908: - 116 lb (52.6 kg), 1920-1928: 112-118 lb (50.8-53.5 kg), 1932+1936: 112-119 lb (50.8-54.0 kg), 1948-2008: 51-54 kg

1904: Oliver Kirk (USA) • 1908: Henry Thomas (GBR) • 1920: Clarence Walker (RSA) • 1924: William Smith (RSA) • 1928: Vittorio Tamagnini (ITA) • 1932: Horace Gwynne (CAN) • 1936: Ulderico Sergo (ITA) • 1948: Tibor Csík (HUN) • 1952: Pentti Hämäläinen (FIN) • 1956: Wolfgang Behrendt (EUA) • 1960: Oleg Grigoryev (URS) • 1964: Takao Sakurai (JPN) • 1968: Valerian Sokolov (URS) • 1972: Orlando Martínez (CUB) • 1976: Gu Yong-Ju (PRK) • 1980: Juan Hernández (CUB) • 1984: Maurizio Stecca (ITA) • 1988: Kennedy McKinney (USA) • 1992: Joel Casamayor (CUB) • 1996: István Kovács (HUN) • 2000 - 2004: Guillermo Rigondeaux (CUB) • 2008: Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan (MGL)

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Name Walker, Clarence

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Short description

Date of birth December 13, 1898

Place of birth

Date of death April 30, 1957

Place of death

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1898 births
1957 deaths
South African boxers
Bantamweight boxers
Olympic boxers of South Africa
Olympic gold medalists for South Africa
Boxers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in boxing
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Name	Walker, Clarence
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Date of birth	December 13, 1898
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Date of death	April 30, 1957
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