Daniel Bekker
South African boxer (1932–2009)
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Born | (1932-02-09)9 February 1932 Dordrecht, Eastern Cape | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 22 October 2009(2009-10-22) (aged 77) Pretoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Amateur career
Bekker was the South African Heavyweight Champion from 1955–1959 and 1961.
Amateur results
- 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
Bekker died on 18 October 2009 after a long struggle with Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.[2]
References
External links
- Boxing record for Daniel Bekker from BoxRec (registration required)
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- 1930 – 1938: over 79.5 kg
- 1950: over 80 kg
- 1954 – 1982: over 81 kg
- 1986 – 2018: up to 91 kg
- 2022 – present: up to 92 kg
- 1930: Anthony Stuart (ENG)
- 1934: Pat Floyd (ENG)
- 1938: Thomas Osborne (CAN)
- 1950: Frank Creagh (NZL)
- 1954: Brian Harper (ENG)
- 1958: Daniel Bekker (SAF)
- 1962: George Oywello (UGA)
- 1966: Bill Kini (NZL)
- 1970: Benson Masanda (UGA)
- 1974: Neville Meade (ENG)
- 1978: Julius Awome (ENG)
- 1982: Willie de Wit (CAN)
- 1986: Jimmy Peau (NZL)
- 1990: George Onyango (KEN)
- 1994: Omar Ahmed (KEN)
- 1998: Mark Simmons (CAN)
- 2002: Jason Douglas (CAN)
- 2006: Brad Pitt (AUS)
- 2010: Simon Vallily (ENG)
- 2014: Samir El-Mais (CAN)
- 2018: David Nyika (NZL)
- 2022: Lewis Williams (ENG)
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