Terence Spinks
Professional Boxer, Boxer
1938 – 2012
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Who was Terence Spinks?
Terence "Terry" George Spinks MBE was a boxer from Great Britain, who won the gold medal in the flyweight division at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. In the final he defeated Mircea Dobrescu of Romania on points. He was also British featherweight champion from 1960 to 1961.
He was an apprentice jockey, before finding boxing more lucrative.
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- Born
- Feb 28, 1938
West Ham - Also known as
- Terence George Spinks
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Died
- Apr 26, 2012
Essex
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on July 23, 2013
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