Dennis Shepherd

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|name=Dennis Shepherd

|birth_date=11 October 1926

|birth_place= Johannesburg, South Africa

|death_date=12 June 2006 (aged 79)

|death_place= Johannesburg, South Africa{{verify source|date=October 2020}}

|medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's Boxing}}

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Dennis Shepherd (11 October 1926 – 12 June 2006) was a South African boxer who won the silver medal in the featherweight division at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Shepherd died at age 79 in Lichtenburg{{verify source|date=October 2020}}.

1948 Olympic results

Below is the record of Dennis Shepherd, a South African featherweight boxer who competed at the 1948 London Olympics:

Round of 32: Defeated Sydney Greve (Pakistan) on points
Round of 16: Defeated Mohamed Ammi (France) on points
Quarterfinal: Defeated Eddie Johnson (United States) on points
Semifinal: Defeated Francisco Nunez (Argentina) on points
Final: Lost to Ernesto Formenti (Italy) on points (was awarded silver medal)

Shepherd continued to box as an amateur until 1950 when he was eliminated in the opening round of the British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand. He subsequently retired from boxing without having embarked on a professional career.

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070208234744/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SHEPHDEN01 profile]

Category:1926 births

Category:2006 deaths

Category:Boxers from Johannesburg

Category:Featherweight boxers

Category:Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic boxers for South Africa

Category:Olympic silver medalists for South Africa

Category:Olympic medalists in boxing

Category:Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Category:Boxers at the 1950 British Empire Games

Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa

Category:South African male boxers

Category:20th-century South African sportsmen