Arnold Petrus Maria Vanderlyde (born 24 January 1963) is a

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former

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, 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 Georgios Stefanopoulos (; born March 31, 1962 in Peristeri, Attiki) is a former boxer from Greece, who participated in two Summer Olympics for his native country in the men's heavyweight division (– 91 kg), starting in 1984 in Los Angel ...

(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 Henry Adetokunboh Akinwande (born 12 October 1965) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2008. He held the WBO heavyweight title from 1996 to 1997, as well as the Commonwealth heavyweight title in 1993, and the Euro ...

(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 Chae Sung-bae (; born December 16, 1968, in Gwangju, South Korea) is a former South Korean heavyweight Amateur boxing, amateur boxer. Results 1991 World Championships 1992 AIBA Challenge Matches 1992 Summer Olympics References

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(South Korea) 14-13 * Defeated

Paul Douglas Paul Howard Douglas (March 26, 1892 – September 24, 1976) was an American politician and Georgist economist. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Illinois for eighteen years, from 1949 to 1967. During his Senat ...

(Ireland) RSC 1 (1:30) * Lost to

Félix Savón Félix Savón Fabre (born 22 September 1967) is a retired Cuban amateur boxer, who competed from 1980 to 2000. Considered one of the all-time greatest amateur boxers, he became three-time Olympic gold medalist, and the World Champion six times ...

(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)