Chris Clarke (born October 24, 1956 in Halifax,

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) is a retired

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from

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, who won the gold medal in the men's

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division at the

1975 Pan American Games The 1975 Pan American Games were held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 12 to October 26, 1975, exactly twenty years after the second Pan American Games were held there. It was the third major sporting event held in the Mexican capital in seve ...

. A year later he represented his native country at the

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, where he was defeated in the second round. In 2006, Chris Clarke was inducted into the Nova Scotia Sports Hall Of Fame.

1976 Olympic results

Below are the results of Chris Clarke, a light welterweight boxer from Canada who competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics: * Round of 64: bye * Round of 32: defeated

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(Finland) on points, 5-0 * Round of 16: lost to Jozsef Nagy (Hungary) referee stopped contest in the third round

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1956 births Living people Canadian people of British descent Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Canada Boxers at the 1975 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Sportspeople from Halifax, Nova Scotia Canadian male boxers Pan American Games medalists in boxing Lightweight boxers Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games {{Canada-boxing-bio-stub