Denis Reardon
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 July 1917[1] Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 2010 (aged 93)[2] Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
Event | Middleweight | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Denis Patrick Reardon (6 July 1917 – 2010) was a Welsh boxer. He was Wales' first boxing gold medallist at the British Empire Games (now the Commonwealth Games).[3][4]
Career and legacy
[edit]Reardon became the first Welsh winner of a gold medal for boxing at the middleweight boxing in the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, Australia.[5]
Representing Wales at the 1938 British Empire Games,[6] Reardon defeated Maurice Dennis in the middleweight final at the games.[3] He was inducted into the Welsh Boxing Hall of Fame in 2008.[7]
At the time of the Games he was an apprentice fitter/engineer and lived at 13 North Luton Place in Cardiff.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, Brisbane to London Arrival - 1 Apr 1938". Ancestry. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ↑ "Boxing mourns death of Empire Games gold medallist". Welsh Online. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- 1 2 WalesOnline (15 October 2010). "Boxing mourns death of Empire Games gold medallist". Wales Online. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ↑ Hitt, Carolyn (31 March 2018). "Wales punches above weight at Commonwealth Games | Carolyn Hitt". Wales Online. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ↑ "Time to Remember: HOW DINNIE TOOK ON AN EMPIRE - AND WON!; Boxer's knockout gold performance. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ↑ "Medal Standings Sydney 1938". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ↑ "Wales and the Commonwealth Games". Welsh Sports Hall Of Fame. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
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