Daniel "Daan" Wepener Bekker (9 February 1932 – 22 October 2009) was a South African boxer, who won the bronze medal in the Heavyweight division (+ 91 kg) at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Four years later in Rome he captured the silver medal in the same category.[1]
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| Born | 9 February 1932 Dordrecht, Eastern Cape | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 October 2009 (aged 77) Pretoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Amateur career edit
Bekker was the South African Heavyweight Champion from 1955–1959 and 1961.
Amateur results edit
- 1956 won the Heavyweight bronze medal at the Melbourne Olympics.
- Defeated José Giorgetti (Argentina) KO-1
- Lost to Pete Rademacher (USA) KO-3
- 1958 won the Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.
- Defeated S. Renaud (Canada) TKO-1
- Defeated Gbadegesin Salawu (Nigeria) TKO-2
- Defeated David Thomas (England) PTS
- 1960 won the Heavyweight silver medal at the Rome Olympics.
- Defeated Władysław Jędrzejewski (Poland) TKO-1
- Defeated Obrad Sretenovic (Yugoslavia) KO-1
- Defeated Günter Siegmund (United Team of Germany) PTS (4-1)
- Lost to Franco De Piccoli (Italy) KO-2
Death edit
Bekker died on 18 October 2009 after a long struggle with Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.[2]
References edit
- ^ https://olympics.com/en/athletes/daniel-wepener-bekker
- ^ Ron Jackson, SA super amateur passes Fightnews.com. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
External links edit
- Boxing record for Daniel Bekker from BoxRec (registration required)
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