Английская Википедия:Harry Mitchell (boxer)

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Harold James Mitchell (5 January 1898 – 8 February 1983) was an English boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in the light heavyweight competition after beating Thyge Petersen in the final.[1]

Amateur career

Mitchell was a four-time Amateur Boxing Association champion in the light heavyweight class (1922–25), when boxing out of the Polytechnic Boxing Club.[2]

His legacy

Today, located in the UK, there is a leisure centre that bears his name - the Harry Mitchell Leisure Centre - which has a fully equipped Hammer Strength brand weights gym, a gym that has entry only for women, and classes for badminton, fitness and various other indoor team sports.

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External links

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