Harlan Joseph Marbley (October 11, 1943 in

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– May 13, 2008) was a

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from the

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who represented his native country at the

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. There he won the bronze medal, after a loss in the semifinals of the men's

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division against eventual gold medalist Francisco Rodríguez from

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Amateur career

Marbley won the 1968 National AAU Light flyweight championship.

1968 Olympic results

Below is the record of Harlan Marbley, an American light flyweight boxer who competed at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics: *Round of 32: bye *Round of 16 Defeated Fuat Temel (Turkey) on points, 5-0 *Quarterfinal: Defeated

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(Nigeria) on points, 5-0 *Semifinal: Lost to Francisco Rodríguez (Venezuela) on points, 1-4 (was awarded bronze medal)

References

* * 1943 births 2008 deaths Sportspeople from Montgomery County, Maryland People from White Oak, Maryland Boxers at the 1967 Pan American Games Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Boxers from Maryland Flyweight boxers Place of birth missing Winners of the United States Championship for amateur boxers Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in boxing American male boxers Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games {{US-boxing-Olympic-medalist-stub