George Gilbody

George Gilbody
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1955-01-01) 1 January 1955 (age 69)
Southport, England
Sport
SportBoxing

George Gilbody (born 1 January 1955) is a British boxer. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1]

Gilbody was the National Champion in 1974 after winning the prestigious ABA featherweight title, he was also a four times National Champion in the lightweight division (1977, 1979, 1980, 1981) boxing out of St. Helens Star ABC.[2] He also represented England in the 60 kg lightweight division at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "George Gilbody Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing.
  3. ^ "1978 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.


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