Leonard Leisching

{{Short description|South African boxer (1934–2018)}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's Boxing}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze| 1952 Helsinki | Featherweight}}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1954 Vancouver | Featherweight}}

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Leonard Leisching (11 September 1934 – 25 February 2018)[https://comarochronicle.co.za/153689/golden-boy-dies/ Leonard Leisching's obituary] was a boxer from South Africa, bronze medalist at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418091701/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/len-leisching-1.html Profile: Len Leisching] sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 13 December 2008) and gold medalist at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. Leisching was also an accomplished footballer, appearing as a full-back for Johannesburg Rangers, Wigan Athletic, Llandudno and Southern Suburbs.