Bernie Meli
Irish boxer
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Bernard Meli (born 22 July 1940) is a former boxer from Northern Ireland, who competed for Ireland at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[1]
NationalityNorthern Irish
Born22 July 1940
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Biography
At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, he competed in the men's light welterweight event.[2]
Meli was selected for the 1962 Northern Irish team[3] for the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia.[4] He competed in the light-welterweight category,[5] where he lost to Harvey Reti of Canada in the quarter-final round.[6]
