Arnold Vanderlyde
Arnold Petrus Maria Vanderlyde (born 24 January 1963) is a Dutch former amateur boxer, who participated in three Summer Olympics (1984, 1988 and 1992) and won three bronze medals in the heavyweight division (≤91 kg). He started boxing at age fifteen. Although Vanderlyde was a three-time European champion and seven-time Dutch champion, he never turned professional. After ending his boxing career in 1992, he entered the corporate world as a motivational speaker.
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| Born | Arnold Petrus Maria Vanderlyde 24 January 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight(s) | Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Southpaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 254 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draws | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Olympic results
1984
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Egerton Forster (Sierra Leone) 4-1
- Defeated Georgios Stefanopoulos (Greece) 5-0
- Lost to Willie DeWitt (Canada) 2-3
1988
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Henry Akinwande (Great Britain) 3-2
- Defeated Gyula Alvics (Hungary) 5-0
- Lost to Ray Mercer (United States) RSC 2
1992
- Defeated Emilio Leti (American Samoa) 14-0
- Defeated Sung-Bae Chae (South Korea) 14-13
- Defeated Paul Douglas (Ireland) RSC 1 (1:30)
- Lost to Félix Savón (Cuba) 3-23
External links
- Media related to Arnold Vanderlyde at Wikimedia Commons
- Personal website Archived 24 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Arnold Vanderlyde". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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