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Peter Brander (20 July 1927 – 2 April 2013) was a British
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. Brander competed in the men's featherweight event at the
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. He represented
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and won a
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in the 57kg division at the
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in
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, New Zealand. He won the 1946, 1948 and 1950 Amateur Boxing Association British featherweight title, when boxing out of the Slough Centre ABC.


1948 Olympic results

Below is the record of Peter Brander, a British featherweight boxer who competed at the 1948 London Olympics: * Round of 32: lost to Mohamed Ammi (France) on points


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* 1927 births 2013 deaths British male boxers Olympic boxers for Great Britain Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Southampton Boxers at the 1950 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Featherweight boxers Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in boxing {{UK-boxing-bio-stub