Ernest "Eddie" Peirce (25 September 1909 – 23 January 1998) was a South African
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who competed in the
1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
He was born in
Somerset West
Somerset West ( af, Somerset-Wes) is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa. Organisationally and administratively it is included in the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality as a suburb of the Helderberg region (formerly called Hottent ...
and died in
Apache Junction, Arizona
Apache Junction is a city in Pinal and Maricopa counties in the state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,499, most of whom lived in Pinal County. It is named for the junction of the Apache Trail and Old West Highway. ...
, United States.
In 1932 he won the bronze medal in the middleweight classification after winning the third-place fight against
Roger Michelot of France by walkover.
Two years earlier, Peirce won the middleweight bronze medal at the 1930 British Empire Games.
He is buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix.
1932 Olympic results
Below are the results of Ernest Peirce, a South African middleweight boxer, who competed at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics:
* Round of 16: bye
* Quarterfinal: defeated Lajos Szigeti (Hungary) on points
* Semifinal: lost to Carmen Barth (United States) on points
* Bronze Medal Match: won by walkover versus Roger Michelot (France)
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1909 births
1998 deaths
People from Somerset West
Middleweight boxers
Olympic boxers for South Africa
Boxers at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for South Africa
Boxers at the 1930 British Empire Games
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa
Olympic medalists in boxing
Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
South African emigrants to the United States
People from Apache Junction, Arizona
South African male boxers
Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
White South African people
Sportspeople from the Western Cape
Medallists at the 1930 British Empire Games