 Popoola in 1962 | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 22 March 1942 Accra, Ghana | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Aaron Popoola (born 22 March 1942) is a former Ghanaian boxer. He participated in the 1968 Olympics, where he lost in the second round to Turkish Celal Sandal. He participated in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and 1966 Commonwealth Games, winning silver medal in 1966 after losing to Jim McCourt. [1] [2]
Below is the record of Aaron Popoola, a Ghanaian welterweight boxer who competed at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics:
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