John Kelman

John Kelman
Personal information
NationalityBarbadian
Born (1968-09-30) 30 September 1968 (age 56)
Sport
SportBoxing

John Kelman (born 30 September 1968) is a Barbadian boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1] After the referee stopped his opening bout against János Nagy of Hungary, Kelman angrily threw one of his gloves and was subsequently banned from amateur boxing for one year.[2] Kelman also represented Barbados at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.[3]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Kelman Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  2. ^ Diaz, George (23 July 1996). "U.S. BOXERS ARE NASTY AS THEY WANT TO BE". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  3. ^ "16.Commonwealth Games - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - September 13-20 1998". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 4 February 2019.


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