William Meyers
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William Meyers (23 July 1943 in Johannesburg – 7 May 2014) was a South African boxer who won a bronze medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome fighting as a featherweight.[1][2] Meyers, who was only 17 during the Rome Olympics, was the youngest South African boxer ever to win an Olympic medal. He never turned professional.
1960 Olympic results
Below is the record of William Meyers, a South African featherweight boxer who competed at the 1960 Rome Olympics:
- Round of 32: defeated Than Tun (Burma) by decision, 5-0
- Round of 16: defeated Hsu Teng-yun (Chinese Taipei) by a third-round knockout
- Quarterfinal: defeated Constantin Gheorghiu (Romania) by decision, 5-0
- Semifinal: lost to Jerzy Adamski (Poland) by decision, 1-4 (was awarded bronze medal)
References
- ↑ Profile: William Meyers sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 13 December 2008)
- ↑ "SA's youngest Olympic boxing medalist dies". Fightnews.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
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