Henry Thomas (boxer)

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Olympic medal record
Men's Boxing
Gold	1908 London	Bantamweight

Albert Henry "Harry" Thomas (1 July 1888 – 13 January 1963) was a British bantamweight professional boxer who won gold in Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics with a decision over John Condon.

In 1909 he went to the United States, where he remained except for a trip to Australia in 1913 and a visit to England in 1947. He served in the United States Navy in World War I and became an American citizen.

He was born in Birmingham, England and died in New York City, United States.

References

v t e Olympic Boxing Champions in Men's 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), 1948-2008: 51-54 kg, 2012: 52-56 kg

1904: Oliver Kirk (USA) 1908: Henry Thomas (GBR) 1920: Clarence Walker (RSA) 1924: William Smith (RSA) 1928: Vittorio Tamagnini (ITA) 1932: Horace Gwynne (CAN) 1936: Ulderico Sergo (ITA) 1948: Tibor Csík (HUN) 1952: Pentti Hämäläinen (FIN) 1956: Wolfgang Behrendt (EUA) 1960: Oleg Grigoryev (URS) 1964: Takao Sakurai (JPN) 1968: Valerian Sokolov (URS) 1972: Orlando Martínez (CUB) 1976: Gu Yong-Ju (PRK) 1980: Juan Hernández (CUB) 1984: Maurizio Stecca (ITA) 1988: Kennedy McKinney (USA) 1992: Joel Casamayor (CUB) 1996: István Kovács (HUN) 2000 - 2004: Guillermo Rigondeaux (CUB) 2008: Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan (MGL) 2012: Luke Campbell (GBR)

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Name	Thomas, Henry
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Short description	Boxer
Date of birth	1 July 1888
Place of birth
Date of death	13 January 1963
Place of death

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