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Dick McTaggart
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Super-Lightweight
Male, Amateur
(Richard McTaggart)
Great Britain, Dundee, Scotland
Born: 15 October 1935, Dundee, Scotland, Great Britain
Height: 5ft 9in, mt 1,74
Weight:
Stance: Orthodox
His four brothers were also amateur boxers
1954 ABA featherweight runner-up
1956 ABA lightweight champion
1956 Melbourne, Australia, Olympic Games lightweight gold medal
1958 ABA lightweight champion
1958 Cardiff, Walles, British Empire lightweight gold medal
1960 ABA lightweight champion
1960 Roma, Italy, Olympic Games lightweight bronze medal
1961 Belgrade, Yugoslavia, European Championships gold medal
1962 ABA lightweight runner-up
1962 Perth, Australia, British Empire super-lightweight bronze medal
1963 ABA super-lightweight champion
1964 Tokyo, Japan, Olympic Games super-lightweight
1965 ABA super-lightweight champion
In 1956 he received the Val Barker Trophy for best boxing style at the Olympics,
the only Briton to win the trophy
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Amateur Results| | | 1956 | | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | |
| Melbourne, Australia, Olympic Games gold medal, 60 kg | + Nov. 27 |  Chandrasena Jayasuriya | Melbourne, Australia | WPTS | | + Nov. 29 |  Andre Vairolatto (FRA) | Melbourne, Australia | WPTS | | + Nov. 30 | Anatoliy Lagetko | Melbourne, Australia | WPTS | | + Dec. 1 |  Harry Kurschat (GER) | Melbourne, Australia | WPTS | | | | 1957-1963
No activity recorded | | | | 1964 | | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | |
| Tokyo, Japan, Olympic Games Preliminaries, 63,500 kg | + Oct. 15 | Julian Rossi | Tokyo, Japan | WPTS 5:0 | | - Oct. 18 |  Jerzy Kulej (POL) | Tokyo, Japan | LPTS 4:1 |
No professional record
Summary
Total bouts: 0, Won: 0 (0 inside the limit), Lost: 0 (0 inside the limit), Draw: 0, NC: 0, ND: 0
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