Alexander Indrajith Obeysekere (March 1918 – 28 April 2002)
was a
Ceylonese
Sri Lankan or Ceylonese may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Sri Lanka
* A person from Sri Lanka, see Demographics of Sri Lanka
** Sinhalese people, the ethnic majority
** Sri Lankan Tamils, an ethnic minority
** Sri L ...
sportsman. He won a Bronze medal at the
1950 British Empire Games. He was the welterweight champion in the 1940s and was a member of the Ceylon contingent to the
1948 Olympic Games. He went on the represented Ceylon in boxing in 1950 Commonwealth Games in Auckland winning the Bronze medal in welterweight.
He was born in
Colombo
Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...
to
Donald Obeyesekere and was educated the
Royal College, Colombo
Royal College, Colombo is a selective entry boys' school located in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Started as a private school by Rev Joseph Marsh in 1835, it was established as the Colombo Academy by Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton in Janua ...
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Alex Obeyesekere and the golden era of boxing
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1918 births
2002 deaths
Sportspeople from Colombo
Sri Lankan male boxers
Bantamweight boxers
Olympic boxers of Sri Lanka
Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 1950 British Empire Games
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Sri Lanka
Alumni of Royal College, Colombo
Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
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