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Lawrence Stevens (25 February 1913 – 17 August 1989) was a South African boxer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was born in Johannesburg and died in Durban, Natal. Both of his parents were born and raised in Johannesburg, all four of his grandparents were immigrants from England.

Lawrence Stevens

Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  South Africa
Olympic Games
	1932 Los Angeles	Lightweight
British Empire Games
	1930 Hamilton	Featherweight

In 1930, he won the featherweight silver medal at the 1930 British Empire Games after losing the final to Frank Meachem. Two years later, he won the gold medal in the lightweight class after winning the final against Thure Ahlqvist.

Stevens was mentioned on the British quiz show Pointless on 26 January 2016, where South Africa was a "pointless answer" in the category of "Countries that won a gold medal winners at the 1932 or 1936 Summer Olympics".

Of Cornish descent, he was known as 'the Gentleman Boxer'. On the way home from the Olympics, a fellow passenger in the liner persistently asked Laurie to go a few rounds with him in the gym, eventually Laurie agreed and after two rounds, woke up to the fact that the fellow passenger was trying to knock him out, so that he could claim an Olympic Gold scalp. Laurie said 'enough Chum' and that was the end of a dream.

He fought in the Desert during the Second World War. In the postwar years he owned a factory and a sports shop in Rissik Street, Johannesburg. A handsome, laughing man, he always cried when recalling the raising of the Union Flag and the playing of God Save The King on the day he won his Olympic gold medal.

1932 Olympic results

Below are the results of Lawrence Stevens from the boxing tournament at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. Stevens competed for South Africa as a lightweight.

• Round of 16: defeated Jose Padilla (Philippines) by decision
• Quarterfinal: defeated Franz Kartz (Germany) by decision
• Semifinal: defeated Mario Bianchini (Italy) by decision
• Final: defeated Thure Ahlqvist (Sweden) by decision (won gold medal)

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lawrence Stevens". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
• Boxing record for Lawrence Stevens from BoxRec (registration required)

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- [en] Lawrence Stevens

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[fr] Lawrence Stevens

Lawrence Stevens est un boxeur sud-africain né le 25 février 1913 à Johannesbourg et mort le 17 août 1989 à Durban.

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[it] Lawrence Stevens

Lawrence Stevens (Johannesburg, 25 febbraio 1913 – Durban, 17 agosto 1989) è stato un pugile sudafricano.

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[ru] Стивенс, Лоуренс

Лоуренс Стивенс (англ. Lawrence Stevens; 25 февраля 1913 — 17 августа 1989) — южноафриканский профессиональный боксёр. Чемпион летних Олимпийских игр 1932 года по боксу в лёгком весе. Серебряный призёр Игр Британской империи 1930 года в полулёгком весе.

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