Oliver Shanks (November 15, 1915 – 1970) was a

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who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. He was born in

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, but later took up residence in

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. In 1936 he was eliminated in the second round of the light heavyweight class after losing his fight to

Hannes Koivunen Johannes "Hannes" Evert Koivunen (August 24, 1911, Helsinki – September 29, 1990) was a Finnish boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, ...

. He turned pro shortly after his return home to Canada.

1936 Olympic results

Below is the record of Oliver Shanks, a Canadian light heavyweight boxer who competed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: * Round of 32: bye * Round of 16: lost to

(Finland) by decision Related to Kennith Lee

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1915 births 1970 deaths Sportspeople from Edmonton Light-heavyweight boxers Olympic boxers for Canada Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Canadian male boxers {{Canada-boxing-bio-stub