William Meyers (23 July 1943 in Johannesburg – 7 May 2014) was a South African boxer who won a bronze medal at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

in Rome fighting as a featherweight.Profile: William Meyers
''sports.reference.com'' (Retrieved on 13 December 2008) Meyers, who was only 17 during the Rome Olympics, was the youngest South African boxer ever to win an Olympic medal. He never turned professional.

1960 Olympic results

Below is the record of William Meyers, a South African featherweight boxer who competed at the 1960 Rome Olympics: * Round of 32: defeated Than Tun (Burma) by decision, 5-0 * Round of 16: defeated Hsu Teng-yun (Chinese Taipei) by a third-round knockout * Quarterfinal: defeated Constantin Gheorghiu (Romania) by decision, 5-0 * Semifinal: lost to Jerzy Adamski (Poland) by decision, 1-4 (was awarded bronze medal)

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