James ("Jim") Robert Wallington (July 28, 1944 – April 20, 1988) was an American welterweight boxer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who represented the United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.
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Full name | James Robert Wallington, Jr. | |||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Jim" | |||||||||||||
Nationality | American | |||||||||||||
Born | (1944-07-28)July 28, 1944 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[1] | |||||||||||||
Died | April 20, 1988(1988-04-20) (aged 43) Lawrence, Indiana[2] | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | |||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||
Weight class | Light Welterweight | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wallington won the bronze medal in the men's light welterweight division (– 63.5 kg) after a loss in the semifinals against eventual silver medalist Enrique Regueiferos from Cuba. He won the gold medal at the Pan American Games a year earlier. Wallington was also the US National Amateur Light Welterweight Champion in 1966 and 1967.
Wallington also served in the US Army.[2] He died aged 43.
Below are the results of James Wallington, an American boxer who competed in the light welterweight classification at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City:
Pan American Champions in Boxing – Men's Light Welterweight | |
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63,5 kg (1955–1999) · 64 kg (2003–) | |
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