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Rod Douglas

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Rod Douglas
Personal information
Born20 October 1964
London, England
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1986 Edinburgh Middleweight

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

Boxing career

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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]

References

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  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.
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