Anthony Stuart (boxer)
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 December 1908 Brent, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | First quarter 1974 (aged 65)[1] Brent, London, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | boxing | ||||||||||||||
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Vincent Anthony Stuart (28 December 1908 – 1974) was an English boxer who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics.[2]
Biography
[edit]He was born in London, England on 28 December 1908.
At the 1930 Empire Games he won the gold medal in the heavyweight class after winning the final against William Skimming of Canada.
In 1936 he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the heavyweight class at the 1936 Summer Olympics after losing his fight to the eventual gold medallist Herbert Runge of Germany.
Stuart was the Amateur Boxing Association four times heavyweight champion, when boxing out of the London Fire Brigade ABC.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "Anthony Stuart Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "New Boxing champions". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 8 April 1937. Retrieved 29 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "A.B.A. Championships at Albert Hall". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 10 April 1930. Retrieved 29 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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