Peter Hanlon (boxer)
{{short description|British boxer}}
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| name = Peter Hanlon
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| nationality = British
| sport = Boxing
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|4|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Dublin
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{{MedalSport | Boxing}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver| 1982 Brisbane | featherweight}}
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Peter Joseph Hanlon (born 13 April 1959 in Dublin) is a retired British boxer.{{cite web|url=https://thelocalanswer.co.uk/news/sport/boxing/1901-glos-back-in-the-day-hanlon-boxing.aspx?area=all|title=Back in the Day: Pete Hanlon, Olympic boxer|publisher=The Local Answer}}
Boxing career
Hanlon won the 1979 and 1981 Amateur Boxing Association British featherweight titles, when boxing out of the Gloucester ABC.{{cite web|url=https://www.englandboxing.org/roll-of-honour/gender/male-championships/|title=Roll of Honour|publisher=England Boxing|access-date=14 January 2022}}
He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/peter-hanlon-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040654/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/peter-hanlon-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Peter Hanlon Olympic Results |accessdate=25 December 2018}} At the Olympics, he beat Antonio Esparragoza of Venezuela, before losing to Viktor Rybakov of the Soviet Union in the last 16.
He represented England and won a silver medal in the featherweight division, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/brisbane-1982/athletes|title=1982 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/42989|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}
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Category:Olympic boxers for Great Britain
Category:Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Category:Boxers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:20th-century British sportsmen
Category:21st-century British sportsmen
Category:Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in boxing
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