Denis Reardon
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 July 1917[1] Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 2010 (aged 93)[2] Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
Event | Middleweight | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Denis Patrick Reardon (6 July 1917 – 2010) was a Welsh boxer. He was Wales' first boxing gold medallist at the British Empire Games (now the Commonwealth Games).[3][4]
Career and legacy
[edit | edit source]Reardon became the first Welsh winner of a gold medal for boxing at the middleweight boxing in the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, Australia.[5]
Representing Wales at the 1938 British Empire Games,[6] Reardon defeated Maurice Dennis in the middleweight final at the games.[3] He was inducted into the Welsh Boxing Hall of Fame in 2008.[7]
At the time of the Games he was an apprentice fitter/engineer and lived at 13 North Luton Place in Cardiff.[1]
See also
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