Peter Richardson (boxer)
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Nationality | British | |||||||||||||
Born | Middlesbrough, England | 24 June 1970|||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||
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Peter Richardson (born 24 June 1970) is a retired British boxer.
Boxing career[]
He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He beat Vernon Forrest in the first round.[1]
He represented England in the lightweight division, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand and reached the quarter finals.[2] Four years later he won the gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.[3][4][5]
Boxing for the Philip Thomas School of Boxing ABC he won the prestigious ABA featherweight championship in 1989 and four years later won the 1993 ABA light-welterweight championship.[6]
References[]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Richardson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing.
External links[]
- Peter Richardson at BoxRec
- Peter Richardson at Olympics.com
- Peter Richardson at Olympedia
- Peter Richardson at the Commonwealth Games Federation
Categories:
- 1970 births
- Living people
- British male boxers
- Olympic boxers of Great Britain
- Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Boxers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
- Boxers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Middlesbrough
- Light-welterweight boxers