Albert Richard Barnes (2 July 1913 – 8 July 1990) was a Welsh

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who competed for

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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 ...

Boxing career

Barnes won the 1934, 1936 and 1937 Amateur Boxing Association British bantamweight titles, when boxing out of the Cardiff City ABC. At the 1934 British Empire Games in London he won the

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in the bantamweight class after losing the final to Eddie Ryan of

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. The following year he defeated

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of New York in the

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tournament during 1935. In 1936 he was eliminated in the second round of the bantamweight class during the 1936 Olympic Games, after losing his fight to the upcoming bronze medalist

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barnes, Albert 1913 births 1990 deaths Welsh male boxers Bantamweight boxers Olympic boxers for Great Britain Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1934 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Wales Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games