Peter Lavery
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| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) | |||||||||||
| Born | 28 February 1937[1] Belfast, Northern Ireland | |||||||||||
| Died | 26 October 2020 (aged 83)[1] | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||
Event | Flyweight | |||||||||||
| Club | St John Bosco ABC, Belfast | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Peter Lavery (28 February 1937 – 26 October 2020) was a Northern Irish boxer who won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games.
Biography
Lavery was a member of the St John Bosco ABC of Belfast[2] and was the Ulster amateur flyweight champion in 1957.[1][3]
He was selected for the 1958 Northern Irish team[4] for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the 51kg flyweight category[5] and won the bronze medal.[6]
In 1959, Lavery turned professional and boxed 33 bouts from 1959 to 1967.[7]
References
- ^ a b c "Peter Lavery Belfast". Boxing Rec. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ "Tony Byrne not for Belfast". Belfast Telegraph. 21 February 1957. p. 12. Retrieved 3 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Chance for Jordan". Northern Whig. 5 March 1957. p. 8. Retrieved 3 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Games boxers for Lisburn". Belfast Telegraph. 27 June 1958. p. 14. Retrieved 3 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Northern Ireland Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ "Peter Lavery Belfast" (PDF). Boxing History. Retrieved 3 October 2025.