Arnold Vanderlyde

Arnold Vanderlyde
File:Arnold Vanderlyde (cropped).jpg Vanderlyde in 1990
Born	Arnold Petrus Maria Vanderlyde (1963-01-24) 24 January 1963 Sittard, Limburg, Netherlands
Statistics
Weight(s)	Heavyweight
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	254
Wins	233
Losses	20
Draws	1
Medal record Men's Boxing Representing the Netherlands Olympic Games Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles Heavyweight Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul Heavyweight Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona Heavyweight World Amateur Championships Silver medal – second place 1986 Reno Heavyweight Silver medal – second place 1991 Sydney Heavyweight European Amateur Championships Gold medal – first place 1987 Turin Heavyweight Gold medal – first place 1989 Athens Heavyweight Gold medal – first place 1991 Gothenburg Heavyweight Bronze medal – third place 1985 Budapest Heavyweight

Arnold Petrus Maria Vanderlyde (born 24 January 1963) is a Dutch former amateur boxer, who participated in three Summer Olympics (1984, 1988 and 1992) and won three bronze medals in the heavyweight division (≤91 kg). He started boxing at age fifteen. Although Vanderlyde was a three-time European champion and seven-time Dutch champion, he never turned professional. After ending his boxing career in 1992, he entered the corporate world as a motivational speaker.

Olympic results

1984 Los Angeles

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Egerton Forster (Sierra Leone) 4-1
• Defeated Georgios Stefanopoulos (Greece) 5-0
• Lost to Willie DeWitt (Canada) 2-3

1988 Seoul

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Henry Akinwande (Great Britain) 3-2
• Defeated Gyula Alvics (Hungary) 5-0
• Lost to Ray Mercer (United States) RSC 2

1992 Barcelona

• Defeated Emilio Leti (American Samoa) 14-0
• Defeated Sung-Bae Chae (South Korea) 14-13
• Defeated Paul Douglas (Ireland) RSC 1 (1:30)
• Lost to Félix Savón (Cuba) 3-23

External links

• File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Arnold Vanderlyde at Wikimedia Commons
• Personal website Archived 24 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Arnold Vanderlyde". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.