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John Duncan Arthur (29 August 1929 – 19 May 2005) was a South African boxer who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Springs, South Africa.
Amateur career
Won the Heavyweight bronze medal for South Africa at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Below are John Arthur's results from that tournament:
First round (round of 32): bye;
Round of 16: defeated James Galli of France; referee stopped contest in first round;
Quarterfinal: defeated Jay Lambert of the United States on points;
Semifinal: lost to Rafael Iglesias of Argentina on points;
Bronze medal match: defeated Hans Müller of Switzerland by walkover
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- 1929 births
- 2005 deaths
- Heavyweight boxers
- Olympic boxers for South Africa
- Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for South Africa
- Sportspeople from Springs, Gauteng
- Boxers from Gauteng
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- South African people of British descent
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- South African male boxers
- South African Olympic medalist stubs
- South African boxing biography stubs
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| Died | 19 May 2005 (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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John Duncan Arthur (29 August 1929 – 19 May 2005) was a South African boxer who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Springs, South Africa.
Amateur career
Won the Heavyweight bronze medal for South Africa at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Below are John Arthur's results from that tournament:
First round (round of 32): bye;
Round of 16: defeated James Galli of France; referee stopped contest in first round;
Quarterfinal: defeated Jay Lambert of the United States on points;
Semifinal: lost to Rafael Iglesias of Argentina on points;
Bronze medal match: defeated Hans Müller of Switzerland by walkover
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| This biographical article related to a South African boxer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1929 births
- 2005 deaths
- Heavyweight boxers
- Olympic boxers for South Africa
- Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for South Africa
- Sportspeople from Springs, Gauteng
- Boxers from Gauteng
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- South African people of British descent
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- South African male boxers
- South African Olympic medalist stubs
- South African boxing biography stubs