- Daniel Bekker
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Daniel Bekker Personal information Born 9 February 1932 Medal recordMen's Boxing Competitor for 
South AfricaOlympic Games Silver 1960 Rome Heavyweight Bronze 1956 Melbourne Heavyweight Commonwealth Games Gold 1958 Cardiff Heavyweight Daniel "Daan" Wepener Bekker (9 February 1932 – 22 October 2009) was a South African boxer, who won the bronze medal in the Heavyweight division (+ 91 kg) at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Four years later in Rome he captured the silver medal in the same category.
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Amateur career
Bekker was the South African Heavyweight Champion from 1955–1959 and 1961.
Olympic Results
- 1956 won the Heavyweight bronze medal at the Melbourne Olympics.
- Defeated José Giorgetti (Argentina) KO-1
- Lost to Pete Rademacher (USA) KO-3
- 1958 won the Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.
- Defeated S. Renaud (Canada) TKO-1
- Defeated Gbadegesin Salawu (Nigeria) TKO-2
- Defeated David Thomas (England) PTS
- 1960 won the Heavyweight silver medal at the Rome Olympics.
- Defeated Władysław Jędrzejewski (Poland) TKO-1
- Defeated Obrad Sretenovic (Yugoslavia) KO-1
- Defeated Günther Siegmund (East Germany) PTS (4-1)
- Lost to Franco De Piccoli (Italy) KO-2
Death
Bekker died on 22 October 2009 after a long struggle with Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.[1]
References
- ^ Ron Jackson, SA super amateur passes Fightnews.com. Retrieved on 23 October 2009.
External links
- Professional boxing record for Daniel Bekker from BoxRec
Commonwealth Boxing Champions in Men's Heavyweight 1930 – 1938: over 79.5 kg • 1950: over 80 kg • 1954 – 1982: over 81 kg • 1986 – 2006: up to 91 kg1930: Vincent Stuart (ENG) • 1934: Pat Floyd (ENG) • 1948: Thomas Osborne (CAN) • 1950: Frank Creagh (NZL) • 1954: Brian Harper (ENG) • 1958: Daniel Bekker (RSA) • 1962: George Oywello (UGA) • 1966: Bill Kini (NZL) • 1970: Benson Masanda (UGA) • 1974: Neville Meade (ENG) • 1978: Julius Awome (ENG) • 1982: Willie de Wit (CAN) • 1986: Jimmy Peau (NZL) • 1990: George Onyango (KEN) • 1994: Omar Ahmed (KEN) • 1998: Mark Simmons (CAN) • 2002: Jason Douglas (CAN) • 2006: Brad Pitt (AUS) 2010: Simon Vallily (ENG)
Categories:- 1932 births
- 2009 deaths
- Deaths from Parkinson's disease
- Deaths from Alzheimer's disease
- South African boxers
- Olympic boxers of South Africa
- Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for South Africa
- Olympic bronze medalists for South Africa
- People from Pretoria
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- South African boxing biography stubs
- African Olympic medalist stubs
- 1956 won the Heavyweight bronze medal at the Melbourne Olympics.
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