Daniel Bekker

South African boxer (1932–2009)

Daniel Bekker

Personal information

Born

(1932-02-09)9 February 1932
Dordrecht, Eastern Cape

Died

22 October 2009(2009-10-22) (aged 77)
Pretoria

Medal record

Men's Boxing

Representing South Africa
Olympic Games
	1960 Rome	Heavyweight
	1956 Melbourne	Heavyweight
Commonwealth Games
	1958 Cardiff	Heavyweight

Daniel "Daan" Wepener Bekker (9 February 1932 – 22 October 2009) was a South African boxer, who won the bronze medal in the Heavyweight division (+ 91 kg) at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Four years later in Rome he captured the silver medal in the same category.^[1]

Amateur career

Bekker was the South African Heavyweight Champion from 1955–1959 and 1961.

Amateur results

1956 won the Heavyweight bronze medal at the Melbourne Olympics.
- Defeated José Giorgetti (Argentina) KO-1
- Lost to Pete Rademacher (USA) KO-3
1958 won the Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.
- Defeated S. Renaud (Canada) TKO-1
- Defeated Gbadegesin Salawu (Nigeria) TKO-2
- Defeated David Thomas (England) PTS
1960 won the Heavyweight silver medal at the Rome Olympics.
- Defeated Władysław Jędrzejewski (Poland) TKO-1
- Defeated Obrad Sretenovic (Yugoslavia) KO-1
- Defeated Günter Siegmund (United Team of Germany) PTS (4-1)
- Lost to Franco De Piccoli (Italy) KO-2