Erle Wiltshire (born 18 January 1973 in

Pyin U Lwin Pyin Oo Lwin or Pyin U Lwin (, ; Shan: ), formerly and colloquially referred to as Maymyo (), is a scenic hill town in the Mandalay Region, Myanmar, some east of Mandalay, and at an elevation of . The town was estimated to have a population of ...

, Mandalay) is a former

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from Australia, who was born in

Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

. He represented his second country at the

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in Sydney, Australia. There he was eliminated in the first round by

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. Wiltshire won the Australian championship in his division in 1997, 1998 and 2003, when he also claimed a gold medal at the International Invitational tournament in Sydney in December, 1999. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.AIS at the Olympics

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1973 births Living people Flyweight boxers Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Australia People from the Northern Territory Australian Institute of Sport boxers Australian male boxers {{Australia-boxing-bio-stub