Dick McTaggart
 McTaggart (left) at the 1960 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 15 October 1935 Dundee, Scotland, U.K. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Royal Air Force Dundee Boxing Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Richard McTaggart, MBE (born 15 October 1935) is a Scottish retired amateur boxer. He competed in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics in the lightweight division and won a gold and a bronze medal, respectively. In 1956 he received the Val Barker Trophy for best boxing style at the Olympics. At the 1964 Olympics McTaggart moved to the light-welterweight category, but lost in the third bout to the eventual winner Jerzy Kulej. McTaggart won the British ABA title in 1956, 1958, 1960, 1963 and 1965,[1] and retired with a record of 610 wins out of 634 bouts.[2]
In retirement McTaggart worked as a boxing coach and prepared the Scottish team to the 1990 Commonwealth Games. In 2002 he was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. His four brothers were also amateur boxers.[1][2]
ABA accomplishments[]
- 1954 ABA Featherweight runner-up, losing to Dave Charnley (Fitzroy Lodge ABC) RSC 1 in final
- 1956 ABA Lightweight champion, defeated Eddie Kane (Lochead BC) in final
- 1958 ABA Lightweight champion, defeated Johnny Cooke (Maple Leaf ABC) in final
- 1958 British Commonwealth Lightweight champion
- 1960 ABA Lightweight champion, defeated (Bargoed & Deri ABC) RSC 2 in final
- 1961 European Lightweight champion
- 1962 ABA Lightweight runner-up, losing to Brian Whelan (Chiswick General ABC) in final
- 1963 Amateur Boxing Association British light-welterweight champion, defeated (Fitzroy Lodge ABC) in final
- 1965 Amateur Boxing Association British light-welterweight champion, defeated Larry O'Connell (Fitzroy Lodge ABC) in final[3]
1956 Olympic results[]
- Round of 32: bye
- Round of 16: defeated Chandrasena Jayasuriya (Ceylon) by decision
- Quarterfinal: defeated Andre Vairolatto (France) by decision
- Semifinal: defeated: Anatoly Lagetko (Soviet Union) by decision
- Final: defeated Harry Kurschat (West Germany) by decision (won gold medal)
Awards and honors[]
- Member of the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame
- Order of the British Empire – Member (MBE)
References[]
- ^ a b Dick McTaggart. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b Dick McTaggart. sshf.co.uk
- ^ "Dwyer's great ABA title win". Liverpool Echo. 1 May 1965. Retrieved 3 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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- Profile, databaseOlympics; accessed 20 November 2015.
1904: 125–135 lb (56.7–61.2 kg) · 1908: 126–140 lb (57.2–63.5 kg) · 1920–1936: 126–135 lb (57.2–61.2 kg) · 1948: 58–62 kg · 1952–2008: 57–60 kg · 2012: 56–60 kg · 2016: 57–60 kg · 2020–: 58–63 kg | |
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