David Thomas (boxer)
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 August 1937 London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | October 1980 (aged 43)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
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David John Thomas (29 August 1937 – October 1980) was a British boxer.
Biography
Thomas competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[2] At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he lost to Josef Němec of Czechoslovakia.[2]
He also represented the England team during the boxing tournament at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales[3] and won a silver medal in the -91 kg category.[4][5]
Thomas was an Amateur Boxing Association of England three times heavyweight champion (1957, 1958, 1959) when boxing out of the Polytechnic Boxing Club.[6]
References
- ^ David Thomas at Olympedia
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dave Thomas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ "Joe Jacobs Boxes For England". Manchester Evening News. 12 May 1958. p. 8. Retrieved 28 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "A.B.A Championships". Portsmouth Evening News. 26 April 1958. Retrieved 27 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.