Peter Hanlon (boxer)

Peter Hanlon
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1959-04-13) 13 April 1959 (age 65)
Dublin
Sport
SportBoxing
Medal record
Boxing
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1982 Brisbane featherweight

Peter Joseph Hanlon (born 13 April 1959 in Dublin) is a retired British boxer.[1]

Boxing career

Hanlon won the 1979 and 1981 Amateur Boxing Association British featherweight titles, when boxing out of the Gloucester ABC.[2]

He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[3] At the Olympics, he beat Antonio Esparragoza of Venezuela, before losing to Viktor Rybakov of the Soviet Union in the last 16.[3]

He represented England and won a silver medal in the featherweight division, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Back in the Day: Pete Hanlon, Olympic boxer". The Local Answer.
  2. ^ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Hanlon Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  4. ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
  5. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.


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