Robert Charles Colley (born 10 November 1954, in

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) is a retired

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from New Zealand who won the bronze medal in the Lightweight (-60 kg) division at the

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in his home town.Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
/ref> He also competed at the

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1976 Olympics

Colley competed at the

. He lost by disqualification in the first round of competition to

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of the

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in the third round of their bout.

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1954 births Living people Olympic boxers for New Zealand Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Boxers from Christchurch New Zealand male boxers Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Boxers at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Lightweight boxers 20th-century New Zealand people 21st-century New Zealand people Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-boxing-bio-stub