Sport & Note

Daniel Bekker

Male, Amateur

"Daan"
(Daniel Wepener Bekker)
Heavyweight, South Africa,
Born: February 9, 1932, Dordrecht, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Died: October 22, 2009, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
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Stance: Orthodox

From 1955 to 1959 and 1961 was the South African heavyweight champion
1956 Melbourne, Australia, Olympic Games heavyweight bronze medal
1958 Cardiff, Wales, British Empire and Commonwealth Games gold medal
1960 Roma, Italy, Olympic Games heavyweight silver medal

Amateur results

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1956
Melbourne, Australia, Olympic Games bronze medal, +81 kg
+ Nov. 29	Jose Giorgetti	Melbourne, Australia	WKO 1
- Nov. 30	Pete Rademacher	Melbourne, Australia	LKO 3
1957 No results recorded
1958
Cardiff, Wales, Commonwealth (British Empire) Games gold medal, +81 kg
+ Aug. 21	Stan Renaud (CAN)	Cardiff, Wales	WRSC 1
+ Aug. 23	Gbadegesin Salawu (NGA)	Cardiff, Wales	WRSC 2
+ Aug. 25	Dave Thomas (ENG)	Cardiff, Wales	WPTS
1959 No results recorded
1960
Roma, Italy, Olympic Games silver medal, +81 kg
+ Aug. 31	Wladyslaw Jedrzejewski (POL)	Roma, Italy	WRSC 1
+ Sept. 2	Obrad Sretenovic (YUG)	Roma, Italy	WKO 1
+ Sept. 3	Guenther Siegmund (GDR)	Roma, Italy	WPTS 4:1
- Sept. 5	Franco De Piccoli	Roma, Italy	LKO 2

No professional record

Summary

Total bouts: 0, Won: 0 (0 inside the limit), Lost: 0 (0 inside the limit), Draw: 0, NC: 0