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Dick Findlay

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Dick Findlay is a Canadian boxer who represented Canada in the 1968 Summer Olympic Games.[1]

Early career

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In 1966 and 1967, Findlay was the first boxer to earn back-to-back "Golden Boy" awards in the BC Golden Gloves.[2] He also boxed in the 1967 International Diamond Belt Centennial Boxing Championship hosted by the Rajah and Burnaby Shrine Clubs at the PNE Agrodome in Vancouver.[3] After earning a decision over Nicky McDonald in the finals of the 1968 BC Golden Gloves, he was named BC Golden Boy runner-up in 1968.[4]

Commonwealth, Pan-American and Olympic Games

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In 1966, Findlay competed in the British Empire and Commonwealth Games.[5] In 1967, Findlay was a member of the Canadian Pan American Games Boxing Team.[6] In 1968 he was a member of the Canadian Olympic boxing team.[7]

1968 Olympic results

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Below is the record of Richard (Dick) Findlay, a Canadian light welterweight boxer who competed at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics:

British Columbia Amateur Boxing Hall Of Fame

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In September 2010, Findlay was named as one of 15 first ever inductees into the British Columbia Amateur Boxing Hall Of Fame.

References

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  1. ^ Boxing Canada
  2. ^ "BC Amateur Boxing News", editor, Brian W. Zelley, President, George Armson
  3. ^ Max Low. "Young boxers eager while vets look back", Victoria Times, February 1980.
  4. ^ The Vancouver Sun newspaper, by Dave Empey
  5. ^ "8.British Empire and Commonwealth Games - Kingston, Jamaica - August 4-13 1966". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  6. ^ 1967 Pan American Games schedule of events
  7. ^ Boxing Canada