Charles Catterall (16 October 1914 – 1 November 1966) was a South African

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who competed in the

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. In 1936, he won the silver medal in the featherweight class after losing the final against

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. At the 1934 British Empire Games, he won the gold medal in the featherweight class after winning the final against

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1936 Olympic results

Below is the record of Charles Catterall, a South African featherweight boxer who competed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: * Round of 32: defeated Hans Wiltschek (Austria) on points * Round of 16: defeated Jan Nicolaas (Netherlands) on points * Quarterfinal: defeated Theodore Kara (United States) on points * Semifinal: defeated Josef Miner (Germany) on points * Final: lost to Oscar Casanovas (Argentina) on points (was awarded silver medal)

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1914 births 1966 deaths Featherweight boxers Olympic boxers for South Africa Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for South Africa Boxers at the 1934 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Olympic medalists in boxing South African male boxers Place of birth missing Place of death missing Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games {{SouthAfrica-Olympic-medalist-stub