David Thomas (boxer)

Dave Thomas
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1937-08-29)29 August 1937
London, England
Died31 October 1980(1980-10-31) (aged 43)[1]
Sport
SportBoxing
Medal record
Boxing
Representing  England
British Empire & Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place1958 Cardiff-91 Kg

David John Thomas (29 August 1937 – 31 October 1980) was a British boxer.

Biography

Thomas competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[2] At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he lost to Josef Němec of Czechoslovakia.[2]

He also represented the England team during the boxing tournament at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales[3] and won a silver medal in the -91 kg category.[4][5]

Thomas was an Amateur Boxing Association of England three times heavyweight champion (1957, 1958, 1959) when boxing out of the Polytechnic Boxing Club.[6]

References

  1. ↑ David Thomas at Olympedia
  2. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dave Thomas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Joe Jacobs Boxes For England". Manchester Evening News. 12 May 1958. p. 8. Retrieved 28 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
  6. ↑ "A.B.A Championships". Portsmouth Evening News. 26 April 1958. Retrieved 27 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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