Alexander Irvine Hannan (13 February 1916 – 31 March 2002) was a South African

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who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. He was born in

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. In 1936 he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the bantamweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming bronze medalist

Fidel Ortiz Fidel Ortiz Tovar, also known as ''Fidelón'' (10 October 1908 – 9 September 1975) was a Mexican boxer who represented his country in the 1928 and 1936 Summer Olympics. In the later competition, he defeated Swedish pugilist Stig Cederberg ...

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1936 Olympic results

Below is the record of Alec Hannan, a South African bantamweight boxer who competed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: * Round of 32: defeated Veikko Huuskonen (Finland) on points * Round of 16: defeated Antoni Czortek (Poland) on points * Quarterfinal: lost to Fidel Ortiz (Mexico) on points

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* 1916 births 2002 deaths Boxers from Glasgow Scottish emigrants to South Africa Bantamweight boxers Olympic boxers of South Africa Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics South African male boxers {{SouthAfrica-boxing-bio-stub