Thomas Corr (born 9 July 1962) is a former amateur

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. He was born in

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. Corr won a bronze medal for Ireland at the

1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Munich, West Germany from May 4 to 15. The third edition of this competition, held two years before the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, was organised by the world governi ...

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in the

light middleweight Light middleweight, also known as junior middleweight or super welterweight,PeBoxRec/ref> is a weight class in boxing but also may include other combat sports. Boxing The light middleweight division (also known as junior middleweight in the Intern ...

division. He also won a bronze medal representing Northern Ireland at the

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1982 World championships record

*Defeated

Dennis Milton Dennis Milton (born August 23, 1961) is an American professional boxer. Amateur career Milton had a stellar amateur career, having won four New York Golden Gloves Championships. Milton won the 1981 165 lb Open Championship and won the 156& ...

, (United States) points 3:2 *Defeated Mirosław Kuźma, (

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) points 3:2 *Lost to

Alexander Koshkin Aleksandr Nikolayevich Koshkin (; 13 June 1959 – 16 October 2012) was a Russian amateur light-middleweight boxer. After placing second at the 1980 Summer Olympics, he won a European title in 1981 and a world title in 1982. Koshkin typically ke ...

, (

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) points 5:0

1982 Commonwealth Games record

*Defeated David Hall, (

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) points *Defeated Paul Lewis, (

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) points *Lost to

Shawn O'Sullivan Shawn O'Sullivan (born May 9, 1962 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired Canadians, Canadian Boxing, boxer who won gold at the World Amateur Championships in 1981 and the Olympic medalists in boxing, light middleweight silver medal at the ...

, (

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) KO Round 2

1984 Olympics record

*Defeated

Arigoma Mayero Arigoma Mayero Chiponda (born 3 March 1958) is a Zimbabwean boxer. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. At the 1984 Summer Olympics, he lost to Tom Corr Thomas Corr (born 9 July 1962) is a former ...

, (

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), points 5:0 *Lost to

Jeremiah Okorodudu Jeremiah Okorodudu-Okoro (24 May 1959 – 28 June 2023) was a Nigerian boxer. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Jerry Okorodudu died from complications from a foot ulcer in Lagos Lagos ( ; ), or ...

, (

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) points 4:1

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