Roger Fortin
{{short description|Canadian boxer}}
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|birth_date={{birth date and age|1951|10|27}}
|birth_place= Montreal, Quebec
|medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's Boxing}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalGold| 1978 Edmonton | Light Heavyweight}}
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Roger Fortin (born October 27, 1951, in Montreal, Quebec) is a retired boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics. There he was defeated in the first round of the men's light heavyweight division (– 81 kilograms) on points (0:5) by Soviet Union's Anatoliy Klimanov. Fortin won the gold medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton in the light heavyweight classiciation.
1976 Olympic record
Below is the record of Roger Fortin, a Canadian light heavyweight boxer who competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics:
- Round of 32: lost to Anatoliy Klimanov (Soviet Union) on points, 0–5.
References
- [http://72.232.38.190/EN/athletes/query/details2.php?id=35781 Canadian Olympic Committee]
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Category:Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Category:Boxers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
Category:Light-heavyweight boxers
Category:Olympic boxers for Canada
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen
Category:Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
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