William Meyers
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  South Africa
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Rome Featherweight

William Meyers (23 July 1943 in Johannesburg – 7 May 2014) was a South African boxer who won a bronze medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome fighting as a featherweight.[1][2]

Meyers, who was only 17 during the Rome Olympics, was the youngest South African boxer ever to win an Olympic medal. He never turned professional.

1960 Olympic results

Below is the record of William Meyers, a South African featherweight boxer who competed at the 1960 Rome Olympics:

References

  1. ^ Profile: William Meyers sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 13 December 2008)
  2. ^ "SA's youngest Olympic boxing medalist dies". Fightnews.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.


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