Harold James Mitchell (5 January 1898 – 8 February 1983) was an English boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in the light heavyweight competition after beating Thyge Petersen in the final.[1]
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||
| Born | 5 January 1898 Tiverton, Devon, England | |||||||||||
| Died | 8 February 1983 (aged 85) Twickenham, London, England | |||||||||||
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| Sport | boxing | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Amateur career
editMitchell was a four-time Amateur Boxing Association champion in the light heavyweight class (1922–25), when boxing out of the Polytechnic Boxing Club.[2]
His legacy
editToday, located in the UK, there is a leisure centre that bears his name - the Harry Mitchell Leisure Centre - which has a fully equipped Hammer Strength brand weights gym, a gym that has entry only for women, and classes for badminton, fitness and various other indoor team sports.
References
edit- ^ "Harry Mitchell". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ "Amateur Boxing Championships". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 2 April 1925. Retrieved 31 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
External links
edit- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Harry Mitchell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
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