Daniel Bekker
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| Born | 9 February 1932 |
| Died | 22 October 2009 (aged 77) |
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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
[edit | edit source]Bekker was the South African Heavyweight Champion from 1955–1959 and 1961.
Amateur results
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]Bekker died on 18 October 2009 after a long struggle with Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Ron Jackson, SA super amateur passes Fightnews.com. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Boxing record for Daniel Bekker from BoxRec (registration required) Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Categories:
- 1932 births
- 2009 deaths
- People from Dordrecht, Eastern Cape
- Heavyweight boxers
- Deaths from Parkinson's disease in South Africa
- Deaths from Alzheimer's disease
- Deaths from dementia in South Africa
- Olympic boxers for South Africa
- Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for South Africa
- Olympic bronze medalists for South Africa
- Boxers from Pretoria
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa
- Boxers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Afrikaner people
- South African male boxers
- Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century South African sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in boxing
- South African boxing biography stubs
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