Gaston Fayaud
Personal information | |
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Nationality | French |
Born | Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France | 6 September 1914
Died | 6 October 1989 Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France | (aged 75)
Sport | |
Sport | boxing |
Gaston Henri Fayaud (6 September 1914 – 6 October 1989) was a French boxer. Born in Limoges, he competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Career[]
In 1932, Fayaud lost in the first round to István Énekes in the flyweight competition. Four years later he was again eliminated in the first round of the flyweight class after losing his fight to Walter Siegfried.[1]
Fayaud won the 1935 and 1936 Amateur Boxing Association British flyweight title.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ Gaston Fayaud at Olympedia
- ^ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ "Amateur Championships". The Scotsman. 2 April 1936. Retrieved 27 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Categories:
- 1914 births
- 1989 deaths
- Sportspeople from Limoges
- Flyweight boxers
- Olympic boxers of France
- Boxers at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- French male boxers
- French boxing biography stubs