Mark Edwards (boxer)
{{Short description|British boxer (born 1963)}}
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| name = Mark Edwards
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| nationality = British
| sport = Boxing
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|9|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = London, England
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{{MedalSport | Boxing}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalBronze| 1990 Auckland | middleweight}}
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Mark Edwards (born 15 September 1963) is a retired British boxer.
Boxing career
He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ed/mark-edwards-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041830/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ed/mark-edwards-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Mark Edwards Olympic Results |accessdate=11 January 2019}}
He represented England and won a bronze medal in the -75 kg middleweight division, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/44236|title=1990 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/48371|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=26 August 2019|archive-date=21 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821184310/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/48371|url-status=dead}}
Boxing for the Royal Navy, he was twice winner of the prestigious ABA middleweight championship (1988 and 1991).{{cite web|url=https://www.englandboxing.org/roll-of-honour/gender/male-championships/|title=Roll of Honour|publisher=England Boxing}}
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Category:Olympic boxers for Great Britain
Category:Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Boxers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in boxing
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