Arnold Petrus Maria Vanderlyde (born 24 January 1963) is a Dutch former amateur boxer, who participated in three

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(1984, 1988 and 1992) and won three bronze medals in the heavyweight division (≤91 kg). He started boxing at age fifteen. Although Vanderlyde was a three-time European champion and seven-time Dutch champion, he never turned professional. After ending his boxing career in 1992, he entered the corporate world as a

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Olympic results

1984 * 1st round bye * Defeated Egerton Forster (Sierra Leone) 4-1 * Defeated Georgios Stefanopoulos (Greece) 5-0 * Lost to

Willie DeWitt William Theodore deWit, Q.C. (born June 13, 1961) is a Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta sitting in Calgary since 2017. Previously, he was a criminal defence lawyer and a professional boxer. He represented Canada at the 1984 Summ ...

(Canada) 2-3 1988 * 1st round bye * Defeated Henry Akinwande (Great Britain) 3-2 * Defeated Gyula Alvics (Hungary) 5-0 * Lost to

Ray Mercer Raymond Anthony Mercer (born April 4, 1961) is an American former professional boxer, kickboxer, and mixed martial artist who competed from 1989 to 2009. Best known for his boxing career, Mercer won a heavyweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer ...

(United States) RSC 2 1992 * Defeated Emilio Leti (American Samoa) 14-0 * Defeated Sung-Bae Chae (South Korea) 14-13 * Defeated Paul Douglas (Ireland) RSC 1 (1:30) * Lost to Félix Savón (Cuba) 3-23

External links

Personal website
(Dutch) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vanderlyde, Arnold 1963 births Living people Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Dutch male boxers Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent Heavyweight boxers Olympic boxers of the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics People from Sittard AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Sportspeople from Limburg (Netherlands)