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Frederick Garfield Gilmore

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Frederick Garfield Gilmore

Medal record
Men’s boxing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1904 St. Louis Featherweight

Frederick Garfield "Fred" Gilmore (May 22, 1887 – March 17, 1969) was an American featherweight professional boxer who competed in the early twentieth century. He won a bronze medal in Boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics, losing to Frank Haller in the semi-final.

Biography

Gilmore was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He lived at least part of his life in Cook County, Illinois with his wife, Lempi Riippa. He died in Los Angeles, California.

References

  • Fred Gilmore at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-09-30)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fred Gilmore". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
  • Lempi V. Riippa Garfield (married to Frederick Garfield) at Find a Grave