Harry Mallin
 Mallin in the early 1920s | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Henry William Mallin | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | English | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 June 1892 Shoreditch, England | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 November 1969 (aged 77) Lewisham, England | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10.5 in (180 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Middleweight | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Eton Old Boys Amateur Boxing Club, Metropolitan Police Amateur Boxing Club | |||||||||||||||||
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Henry William "Harry" Mallin (1 June 1892 – 8 November 1969) was an English middleweight amateur boxer.
He came originally from Hackney Wick, his younger brother was the Olympic boxer Fred Mallin . He lived in Dartmouth Park, North London and worked as a police officer.[1]
Mallin was British Champion five years in a row from 1919 to 1923. He was also world champion in the middleweight class between 1920 and 1928. He never lost an amateur bout and never turned professional.
In the 1920 Summer Olympics he won a gold medal in middleweight division, defeating Canadian boxer Georges Prud'Homme in the final. In 1924 he went on to win another gold in the same weight class in boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Mallin was the first man to successfully defend an Olympic title in two consecutive games, and the only British boxer to do so until the victory of Nicola Adams at the 2016 Summer Olympics[1]
Henry Mallin died at a nursing home in Lewisham in November 1969.
References
- ^ a b Burrowa, Thomas; Fagge, Nick (20 August 2016). "'I've made history!' Nicola Adams wins gold as she becomes the first Briton to defend an Olympic boxing title in 92 years". The Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- Harry Mallin at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
1904: 145–158 lb (65.8–71.7 kg) · 1908: 140–158 lb (63.5–71.7 kg) · 1920–1936: 147–160 lb (66.7–72.6 kg) · 1948: 67–73 kg · 1952–2000: 71–75 kg · 2004–2012: 69–75 kg · 2016–2020: 70–75 kg · 2024–: 72–80 kg | |
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