Blay in 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 9 November 1937 Accra, Gold Coast (now Ghana) | |||||||||||||||||||
Died | 15 October 2006 (aged 68) Accra, Ghana | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Edward Blay (9 November 1937 – 15 October 2006) was a Ghanaian boxer. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a bronze medal in the light welterweight (63.5 kg) category in 1964.[1] Blay was a two-time Commonwealth Games champion, in 1962 and 1966,[2]and amateur boxer from the late 50s to 1968, and later briefly fought as a professional boxer.[3] He lived in Italy for some time, and after returning to Ghana established the Sole Mio restaurant at Osu, Accra.[3][4]
Below is the record of Eddie Blay, a Ghanaian lightweight boxer who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympic Games in Rome, Italy: