Clarence Walker

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Olympic medal record
Men's boxing
Gold 1920 Antwerp Bantamweight

Clarence Leonard Walker (December 13, 1898 – April 30, 1957) was a South African bantamweight professional boxer who competed in the early 1920s. He won the gold medal in Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics, defeating Chris Graham in the final.

[edit] Olympic results

  • Defeated Alfons Bouwens (Belgium)
  • Defeated Edwart Hartman (United States)
  • Defeated George McKenzie (Great Britain)
  • Defeated Chris Graham (Canada)

[edit] References

Professional boxing record for Clarence Walker from Boxrec

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Olympic Champions in Boxing Bantamweight
1904: 105-115 lb (47.6-52.2 kg), 1908: - 116 lb (52.6 kg), 1920-1928: 112-118 lb (50.8-53.5 kg), 1932+1936: 112-119 lb (50.8-54.0 kg), 1948-2004: 51-54 kg
1904: Oliver Kirk • 1908: Henry Thomas • 1920: Clarence Walker • 1924: William H. Smith • 1928: Vittorio Tamagnini • 1932: Horace Gwynne • 1936: Ulderico Sergo • 1948: Tibor Csík • 1952: Pentti Hämäläinen • 1956: Wolfgang Behrendt • 1960: Oleg Grigoryev • 1964: Takao Sakurai • 1968: Valerian Sokolov • 1972: Orlando Martínez • 1976: Gu Yong-Ju • 1980: Juan Hernández • 1984: Maurizio Stecca • 1988: Kennedy McKinney • 1992: Joel Casamayor • 1996: István Kovács • 2000+2004: Guillermo Ortiz
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