Arnold Vanderlyde

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Medal record
Competitor for  Netherlands
Men’s Boxing
Olympic Games
Bronze	1984 Los Angeles	Heavyweight
Bronze	1988 Seoul	Heavyweight
Bronze	1992 Barcelona	Heavyweight
World Amateur Championships
Silver	1986 Reno	Heavyweight
Silver	1991 Sydney	Heavyweight
European Amateur Championships
Gold	1987 Turin	Heavyweight
Gold	1989 Athens	Heavyweight
Gold	1991 Gothenburg	Heavyweight

Arnold Petrus Maria Vanderlyde (born January 24, 1963 in Sittard, Limburg) is a former boxer from the Netherlands, who participated in three Summer Olympics and won three bronze medals in the heavyweight division (– 91 kg), starting in 1984 in Los Angeles, California. He started boxing at age fifteen.

He became European champion three times, and won the Dutch title seven times. Vanderlyde never became a pro. During his heights he was stopped several times by Cuban legend Félix Savón, such as in the final of the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno.

[edit] Olympic Results

1984

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Egerton Forster (Sierra Leone) 4-1
• Defeated Georgios Stefanopoulos (Greece) 5-0
• Lost to Willie DeWitt (Canada) 2-3

1988

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Henry Akinwande (Great Britain) 3-2
• Defeated Gyula Alvics (Hungary) 5-0
• Lost to Ray Mercer (United States) RSC 2

1992

• Defeated Emilio Leti (American Samoa) 14-0
• Defeated Sung-Bae Chae (South Korea) 14-13
• Defeated Paul Douglas (Ireland) RSC 1 (1:30)
• Lost to Félix Savón (Cuba) 3-23

Awards
Preceded by Erik Breukink	Dutch Sportsman of the Year 1991	Succeeded by Bart Veldkamp