Daniel "Daan" Wepener Bekker (9 February 1932 – 22 October 2009) was a South African boxer, who won the bronze medal in the Heavyweight division (+ 91 kg) at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Four years later in Rome he captured the silver medal in the same category.
daniel, bekker, daniel, daan, wepener, bekker, february, 1932, october, 2009, south, african, boxer, bronze, medal, heavyweight, division, 1956, summer, olympics, melbourne, australia, four, years, later, rome, captured, silver, medal, same, category, personal. Daniel Daan Wepener Bekker 9 February 1932 22 October 2009 was a South African boxer who won the bronze medal in the Heavyweight division 91 kg at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne Australia Four years later in Rome he captured the silver medal in the same category Daniel BekkerPersonal informationBorn 1932 02 09 9 February 1932Dordrecht Eastern CapeDied22 October 2009 2009 10 22 aged 77 PretoriaMedal record Men s BoxingRepresenting South AfricaOlympic Games1960 Rome Heavyweight1956 Melbourne HeavyweightCommonwealth Games1958 Cardiff Heavyweight Contents 1 Amateur career 1 1 Amateur results 2 Death 3 References 4 External linksAmateur career EditBekker was the South African Heavyweight Champion from 1955 1959 and 1961 Amateur results Edit 1956 won the Heavyweight bronze medal at the Melbourne Olympics Defeated Jose Giorgetti Argentina KO 1 Lost to Pete Rademacher USA KO 3 1958 won the Commonwealth Games in Cardiff Wales Defeated S Renaud Canada TKO 1 Defeated Gbadegesin Salawu Nigeria TKO 2 Defeated David Thomas England PTS 1960 won the Heavyweight silver medal at the Rome Olympics Defeated Wladyslaw Jedrzejewski Poland TKO 1 Defeated Obrad Sretenovic Yugoslavia KO 1 Defeated Gunter Siegmund United Team of Germany PTS 4 1 Lost to Franco De Piccoli Italy KO 2Death EditBekker died on 18 October 2009 after a long struggle with Parkinson s and Alzheimer s diseases 1 References Edit Ron Jackson SA super amateur passes Fightnews com Retrieved 23 October 2009 External links EditBoxing record for Daniel Bekker from BoxRec registration required This biographical article related to a South African boxer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a South African Olympic medalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Daniel Bekker amp oldid 1092197846, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
