- David Carstens
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Olympic medal record Competitor for 
South AfricaMen’s Boxing Gold 1932 Los Angeles Light heavyweight David Daniel Carstens (September 1914 – August 6, 1955)[1] was a South African boxer who competed in the Olympic games in 1932. He won the gold medal in the Light heavyweight competition in Los Angeles, beating Gino Rossi of Italy in the final match.[2]
References
Olympic Boxing Champions in Men's Light Heavyweight 1920-1936: 160-175 lb (72.6-79.4 kg), 1948: 73-80 kg 1952-2008: 75-81 kg 1920: Eddie Eagan (USA) • 1924: Harry Mitchell (GBR) • 1928: Víctor Avendaño (ARG) • 1932: David Carstens (RSA) • 1936: Roger Michelot (FRA) • 1948: George Hunter (RSA) • 1952: Norvel Lee (USA) • 1956: James Boyd (USA) • 1960: Cassius Clay (USA) • 1964: Cosimo Pinto (ITA) • 1968: Danas Pozniakas (URS) • 1972: Mate Parlov (YUG) • 1976: Leon Spinks (USA) • 1980: Slobodan Kačar (YUG) • 1984: Anton Josipović (YUG) • 1988: Andrew Maynard (USA) • 1992: Torsten May (GER) • 1996: Vassiliy Jirov (KAZ) • 2000: Aleksandr Lebziak (RUS) • 2004: Andre Ward (USA) • 2008: Zhang Xiaoping (CHN)
1932 Olympic Gold Medalists Boxing Carmen Barth (USA) | David Carstens (RSA) | István Énekes (HUN) | Edward Flynn (USA) | Horace Gwynne (CAN) | Santiago Lovell (ARG) | Carmelo Robledo (ARG) | Lawrence Stevens (RSA)
Categories:- 1914 births
- 1955 deaths
- Boxers at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- South African boxers
- Olympic boxers of South Africa
- Olympic gold medalists for South Africa
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- African Olympic medalist stubs
- South African boxing biography stubs
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