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Kelly Perlette
Kelly Perlette is a Canadian boxer, who fought Left-handed, southpaw. He was the 1978 Commonwealth Games Light Middle Weight Gold Medal Champion. He was unable to compete in the 1980 Olympics because of Canada's decision to boycott the games. He grew up in Spruce Grove and is a member of the Spruce Grove Hall of Fame. He currently resides in Edmonton, Alberta. Sources *http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=84106&cat=boxer *http://www.sprucegrove.org/Residents/Community_Information/Spruce_Grove_-_Awards_of_Excellence/Inductees/2007_Inductees.htm Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Spruce Grove Light-middleweight boxers Sportspeople from Alberta Boxers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Canadian male boxers Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games {{Canada-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left-handed
In human biology, handedness is an individual's preferential use of one hand, known as the dominant hand, due to it being stronger, faster or more dextrous. The other hand, comparatively often the weaker, less dextrous or simply less subjectively preferred, is called the non-dominant hand. In a study from 1975 on 7688 children in US grades 1-6, Left handers comprised 9.6% of the sample, with 10.5% of male children and 8.7% of female children being left-handed. Handedness is often defined by one's writing hand, as it is fairly common for people to prefer to do some tasks with each hand. There are examples of true ambidexterity (equal preference of either hand), but it is rare—most people prefer using one hand for most purposes. Most of the current research suggests that left-handedness has an epigenetic marker—a combination of genetics, biology and the environment. Because the vast majority of the population is right-handed, many devices are designed for use by right-hand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
