- Clarence Walker (boxer)
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Clarence Walker Personal information Born December 13, 1898 Died April 30, 1957 Medal recordMen'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
Olympic Boxing Champions in Men's Bantamweight 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 kg1904: 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)
Categories:- 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
- South African boxing biography stubs
- African Olympic medalist stubs
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