Leonard Leisching
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Olympic Games | ||
1952 Helsinki | Featherweight | |
Commonwealth Games | ||
1954 Vancouver | Featherweight |
Leonard Leisching (11 September 1934 – 25 February 2018)[1] was a boxer from South Africa, bronze medalist at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki[2] and gold medalist at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. Leisching was also an accomplished footballer, appearing as a full-back for Johannesburg Rangers, Wigan Athletic, Llandudno and Southern Suburbs.
1952 Olympic boxing tournament results
- Round of 32: defeated Emmanuel Agassi (Iran) 3-0;
- Round of 16: defeated Stevan Redli (Yugoslavia) 3-0;
- Quarterfinal: defeated Leonard Walters (Canada) 3-0;
- Semifinal: lost to Jan Zachara (Czechoslovakia) 2-1.
Starting at the 1952 Olympic boxing tournament, both losing semifinalists in all divisions received bronze medals. Leisching's first-round opponent, Emmanuel Agassi, is the father of tennis champion Andre Agassi.
References
External links
- Leonard Leisching at Olympedia
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- 1930 – 1938: up to 57 kg
- 1950: up to 58 kg
- 1954 – 2006 / 2022 – present: up to 57 kg
- 1930: Freddie Meacham (ENG)
- 1934: Charles Catterall (SAF)
- 1938: Barney Henricus (CEY)
- 1950: Henry Gilliland (SCO)
- 1954: Leonard Leisching (SAF)
- 1958: Wally Taylor (AUS)
- 1962: John McDermott (SCO)
- 1966: Philip Waruinge (KEN)
- 1970: Philip Waruinge (KEN)
- 1974: Eddie Ndukwu (NGR)
- 1978: Azumah Nelson (GHA)
- 1982: Peter Konyegwachie (NGR)
- 1986: Billy Downey (CAN)
- 1990: John Irwin (ENG)
- 1994: Casey Patton (CAN)
- 1998: Alex Arthur (SCO)
- 2002: Haider Ali (PAK)
- 2006: Stephen Smith (ENG)
- 2022: Jude Gallagher (NIR)
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