Patrick Philip O'Hanrahan (12 November 1894 – 1963) also known as Patrick Zöller until 1921, was a British boxer who competed in the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

. Some records, notable among them ''The Times'', give his name as O'Halloran.

Boxing career

O'Hanrahan won the 1924

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British welterweight title, when boxing out of the Polytechnic Boxing Club. Two months later at the

he advanced to the second round of the welterweight class after winning his fight against

René Dubois René Dubois (born 30 January 1906, date of death unknown) was a French boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he was eliminated in the first round of the welterweight class after losing his fight to Patrick O'Hanrahan of Great B ...

of France on points. The matches were held in the Veledrome d'Hiver. In the next round, O'Hanrahan was defeated by Jean Delarge of Belgium who won the gold medal in this weight class. It was O'Hanrahan's only Olympic appearance. The decision was not without its controversy as was the case with the boxing decisions against the British as a whole (not to mention fencing), according to ''The Times''. "O'Halloran is universally considered by our men to have been very unlucky to have had the verdict given against him in a fight against a Belgian yesterday." The following year in 1925 he retained his A.B.A. British welterweight title.

1924 Olympic results

Below is the record of Patrick O'Hanrahan, a British welterweight boxer who competed at the 1924 Paris Olympics: * Round of 32: defeated Rene Dubois (France) by decision * Round of 16: lost to Jean Delarge (Belgium) by decision

Personal life

He changed his name from Zöller to his mother's maiden name O'Hanrahan in 1920.

References

External links

Part 5 the boxing tournament

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ohanrahan, Patrick 1894 births 1963 deaths Welterweight boxers Olympic boxers of Great Britain Boxers at the 1924 Summer Olympics British male boxers