Theunis van Schalkwyk

Personal information

Born

14 September 1929
Krugersdorp, South Africa

Died

27 August 2005 (aged 75)
Roodepoort, South Africa

Medal record

Men's Boxing
Representing South Africa
Olympic Games
	1952 Helsinki	Light middleweight
British Empire Games
	1950 Auckland	Middleweight

Theunis Jacobus van Schalkwyk (14 September 1929 – 27 August 2005) was a boxer from South Africa, silver medalist at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.^[1]

He was born in Krugersdorp, Gauteng.

References

↑ Profile: Theunis van Schalkwyk sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 13 December 2008)

Commonwealth Boxing Champions in Men's Middleweight

1930 – 1938: up to 72.57 kg 1950: up to 73 kg 1954 – 2014: up to 75 kg

1930: Fred Mallin (ENG) 1934: Alf Shawyer (ENG) 1938: Denis Reardon (WAL) 1950: Theunis van Schalkwyk (RSA) 1954: Johannes van der Kolff (RSA) 1958: Terry Milligan (NIR) 1962: Cephas Colquhoun (JAM) 1966: Joe Darkey (GHA) 1970: John Conteh (ENG) 1974: Frankie Lucas (VIN) 1978: Philip McElwaine (AUS) 1982: Jimmy Price (ENG) 1986: Rod Douglas (ENG) 1990: Chris Johnson (CAN) 1994: Ron Donaldson (CAN) 1998: John Pearce (ENG) 2002: Paul Miller (AUS) 2006: Jarrod Fletcher (AUS) 2010: Eamonn O'Kane (NIR) 2014: Antony Fowler (ENG)

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