Rod Douglas

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Rod Douglas
Personal information
Born20 October 1964
London, England
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1986 Edinburgh Middleweight

Rod Douglas (born 20 October 1964) is an English boxer.

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Boxing career

Born in London, Douglas competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where he reached the quarter finals. [1]

He represented England and won a gold medal in the 75 kg middleweight division, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. [2] [3]

Douglas boxed for the St. Georges ABC and Broad Street ABC and won the ABA middleweight championship in 1987 and was three times light-middleweight ABA champion from 1983 to 1985. [4]

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References

  1. Profile: Rod Douglas sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 21 January 2014)
  2. "1986 Athletes". Team England.
  3. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. "Roll of Honour". England Boxing.