Harry Perry (2 December 1934 – 22 January 2021) was a member of the 1956 and 1960 Irish Olympic boxing teams.
He also competed in the
European Amateur Boxing Championships
The European Amateur Boxing Championships is the highest competition for boxing amateurs in Europe, organised by the continent's governing body EUBC, which stands for the '' European Boxing Confederation''. The first edition of the tournament t ...
in 1955 and 1959 winning the bronze medal in the welterweight division in 1959. He was inducted into the Irish Boxing Hall of Fame in 2007.
He died in January 2021, aged 86.
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Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics took place at the West Melbourne Stadium. A total number of 164 competitors entered from 35 nations, of whom 161 from 34 nations weighed-in and boxing was held eight nights and five afternoons. The boxing sche ...
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Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Italy dominated boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics, winning three gold medals and seven medals overall. Two of the gold medalists would later become Hall of Fame world champions in professional boxing: American Cassius Clay (later known as Muha ...
1934 births
2021 deaths
Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Ireland
Irish male boxers
Welterweight boxers
Boxers from County Dublin
20th-century Irish sportsmen
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