Rod Douglas
{{short description|English boxer}}
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|name=Rod Douglas
|birth_date=20 October 1964
|birth_place=London, England
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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalGold| 1986 Edinburgh | Middleweight}}
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Rod Douglas (born 20 October 1964) is an English boxer.
Boxing career
Born in London, Douglas competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where he reached the quarter finals.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041409/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/rod-douglas-1.html Profile: Rod Douglas] sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 21 January 2014)
He represented England and won a gold medal in the 75 kg middleweight division, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1986/athletes|title=1986 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/44241|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}
Douglas boxed for the St. Georges ABC and Broad Street ABC and won the ABA middleweight championship in 1987 and was three times light-middleweight ABA champion from 1983 to 1985.{{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 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Boxers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Category:England Boxing champions
Category:Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in boxing
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