Dick Findlay is a Canadian

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who represented Canada in the

1968 Summer Olympic Games The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

Early career

In 1966 and 1967, Findlay was the first boxer to earn back-to-back "Golden Boy" awards in the

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. He also boxed in the 1967 International Diamond Belt Centennial Boxing Championship hosted by the Rajah and Burnaby Shrine Clubs at the

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in Vancouver. After earning a decision over Nicky McDonald in the finals of the 1968 BC Golden Gloves, he was named BC Golden Boy runner-up in 1968.

Commonwealth, Pan-American and Olympic Games

In 1966, Findlay competed in the British Empire and Commonwealth Games. In 1967, Findlay was a member of the Canadian

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Boxing Team. In 1968 he was a member of the Canadian Olympic boxing team.Boxing Canada

1968 Olympic results

Below is the record of Richard (Dick) Findlay, a Canadian light welterweight boxer who competed at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics: * Round of 64: lost to

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(Italy) referee stopped contest

British Columbia Amateur Boxing Hall Of Fame

In September 2010, Findlay was named as one of 15 first ever inductees into the British Columbia Amateur Boxing Hall Of Fame.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Findlay, Dick Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Olympic boxers for Canada Sportspeople from British Columbia Boxers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Boxers at the 1967 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Canada Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Canadian male boxers Light-welterweight boxers