Grahame Francis "Spike" Cheney (born 27 April 1969) is a retired

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, who won a light welterweight (63.5 kg) silver medal at the

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. Cheney also won a bronze medal in the welterweight (67 kg) division at the

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Olympic results

*1st round bye *Defeated Miguel González (Paraguay) RSC 2 *Defeated Ike Quartey (Ghana) 5-0 *Defeated Todd Foster (United States) 3-2 *Defeated

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(Sweden) 5-0 *Lost to Vyacheslav Yanovski (Soviet Union) 0-5

Pro career

Cheney turned pro in 1991, winning the WBC International Welterweight title. He retired in 1996 with a professional record of 17-3-0.

Personal life

Since 1998, Cheney has suffered from bipolar disorder.

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* * * * * 1969 births Living people Australian male boxers Light-welterweight boxers Olympic boxers for Australia Olympic medalists in boxing Olympic silver medalists for Australia Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Boxers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-boxing-bio-stub