Vincent Anthony Stuart (28 December 1908 – 1974) was an English

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who competed for Great Britain in the

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Biography

He was born in London, England on 28 December 1908. At the 1930

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he won the gold medal in the heavyweight class after winning the final against

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of Canada. In 1936 he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the heavyweight class at the

after losing his fight to the eventual gold medallist Herbert Runge of Germany. Stuart was the

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four times

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, when boxing out of the London Fire Brigade ABC.

References

External links

Vincent Stuart's profile at databaseOlympics.com
1908 births 1974 deaths Boxers from the London Borough of Brent English male boxers Heavyweight boxers Olympic boxers for Great Britain Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1930 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England England Boxing champions Medallists at the 1930 British Empire Games 20th-century English sportsmen Commonwealth Games gold medallists in boxing {{England-boxing-bio-stub