Albert Perera
{{short description|Sri Lankan boxer}}
{{for|the Sri Lankan prominent vocalist and a violin maestro who was also commonly known as Albert Perera|W. D. Amaradeva}}
{{Infobox boxer|name=Albert Perera|birth_date=unknown|death_date=1965|nationality=Sri Lankan|medaltemplates={{MedalCountry|{{flag|Ceylon}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's Bantamweight}}
{{MedalCompetition|British Empire Games}}
{{MedalSilver|Auckland 1950|Bantamweight}}}}
Albert Perera (22 December 1918 – 1 March 1968) was a Sri Lankan boxer who mainly competed in the bantamweight category.{{Cite news|url=https://www.olympic.org/albert-perera|title=Albert PERERA - Olympic Boxing {{!}} Sri Lanka|date=2016-06-16|work=International Olympic Committee|access-date=2018-02-04|language=en}}
Career
He represented Ceylon at the 1948 Summer Olympics, the year Ceylon got independence from the British Empire. It was also the first Olympics where Ceylon was eligible to participate and Albert competed in the men's bantamweight event.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/albert-perera-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418122005/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/albert-perera-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Albert Perera Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-04}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/BOX/mens-bantamweight.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130632/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/BOX/mens-bantamweight.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Boxing at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-04}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.island.lk/2008/07/22/sports5.html|title=The Island-Sports|website=www.island.lk|access-date=2018-02-04}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.olympiandatabase.com/index.php?id=86972&L=1|title=Albert Perera - Olympic Facts and Results|last=Sportsencyclo|website=www.olympiandatabase.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-04}} Albert Perera also represented Ceylon at the 1950 British Empire Games and clinched a silver medal in the men's bantamweight category.{{Cite web|url=http://www.island.lk/2002/07/07/sports04.html|title=sports04|website=www.island.lk|access-date=2018-02-04}}
References
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External links
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Category:Sri Lankan male boxers
Category:Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic boxers for Sri Lanka
Category:Boxers at the 1950 British Empire Games
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Sri Lanka