David John Thomas (29 August 1937 – October 1980) was a British

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Career

Thomas competed in the men's heavyweight event at the

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. At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he lost to Josef Němec of Czechoslovakia. He also represented

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and won a

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in the -91 kg category at the

1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (Welsh: ''Gemau Ymerodraeth Prydain a'r Gymanwlad'' 1958) were held in Cardiff, Wales, from 18 to 26 July 1958. It was the sixth edition of what would come to be known as the Commonwealth Games, the ...

in Cardiff, Wales. Thomas was an

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three times

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(1957, 1958, 1959) when boxing out of the

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* 1937 births 1980 deaths British male boxers Olympic boxers for Great Britain Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Boxers from London Boxers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Heavyweight boxers Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists in boxing {{UK-boxing-bio-stub