Daniel Bekker

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
Personal information
Born(1932-02-09)9 February 1932
Dordrecht, Eastern Cape
Died22 October 2009(2009-10-22) (aged 77)
Pretoria
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  South Africa
Olympic Games
1960 Rome Heavyweight
1956 Melbourne Heavyweight
Commonwealth Games
1958 Cardiff Heavyweight

Amateur career

Bekker was the South African Heavyweight Champion from 1955–1959 and 1961.

Amateur results
  • 1956 won the Heavyweight bronze medal at the Melbourne Olympics.
  • 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 Władysław Jędrzejewski (Poland) TKO-1
    • Defeated Obrad Sretenovic (Yugoslavia) KO-1
    • Defeated Günter Siegmund (United Team of Germany) PTS (4-1)
    • Lost to Franco De Piccoli (Italy) KO-2

Death

Bekker died on 18 October 2009 after a long struggle with Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.[1]

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References
  1. Ron Jackson, SA super amateur passes Fightnews.com. Retrieved 23 October 2009.



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