Sammy Lockhart

Sammy Lockhart

Personal information
Nationality	British (Northern Irish)
Born	c.1946 Northern Ireland
Died	16 May 2011 Lisburn, Northern Ireland
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Event	Lightweight
Club	Lisburn ABC Achilles BC, Belfast
Medal record Representing Northern Ireland British Empire and Commonwealth Games Bronze medal – third place 1966 Kingston lightweight

Samuel Lockhart (1946 – 16 May 2011) was a boxer from Northern Ireland, who represented Northern Ireland at the British Empire and Commmonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).

Biography

Lockhart from Lisburn, a southpaw, was a member of the Lisburn Amateur Boxing Club and later the Achilles Amateur Boxing Club in Belfast.

In 1963 he was an apprentice plumber and won four Ulster Juvenile titles in 1957, 1960, 1961 and 1963 and three Ulster Senior titles in 1965, 1966 and 1967, which helped him gain selection by the Empire Games committee for the forthcoming Games.

Lockhart represented the 1966 Northern Irish Team at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, participating in the 60kg lightweight category and won a bronze medal.

He died at Hancock Street in Lisburn during on 16 May 2011.