Carl Crawford (6 September 1935 – 1 March 1999) was a Guyanese

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, who represented his country at the

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. He was in fact the first boxer to compete for Guyana in the Olympics. There he was eliminated in the first round of the men's light-heavyweight division by Zbigniew Pietrzykowski of

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, he then became sparring partner for

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. Crawford won a bronze medal at the

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in the middleweight class, defeating Robert Piau of

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in his first bout before being eliminated by Bob Foster of the

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. Crawford then won the third place bout versus Rafael Toro of

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. Crawford also competed at the

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in the light heavyweight category and won a silver medal in that category at the

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. He was honored with Guyana's Sportsman-of-the-Year award in 1959. Crawford died in 1999, due to

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Olympic results

Represented British Guiana as a Light-heavyweight at the 1960 Olympic Games. * Round of 32: lost to Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (Poland) by decision, 0-5

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crawford, Carl 1935 births 1999 deaths Boxers from Georgetown, Guyana Middleweight boxers Light-heavyweight boxers Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for British Guiana Guyanese male boxers Boxers at the 1959 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for British Guiana Pan American Games bronze medalists in boxing Boxers at the 1963 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Guyana Competitors at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games