John Bambrick
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1955 or 1956 (age 69–70) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Edinburgh Transport ABC | ||||||||||||||||||||
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John Bambrick (born 1955/1956)[1][2][3][a] is a Scottish former amateur boxer who won medals at the Commonwealth Games and European Championships.
Bambrick was a member of the Edinburgh Transport Amateur Boxing Club[4] and competed at the 1973 European Amateur Boxing Championships, winning the bronze medal in the light flyweight event.[5]
The following year in 1974, he represented the Scottish Commonwealth Games team[6] at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand,[7] participating in the light-flyweight category.[8] He won the bronze medal after victories over Shivran Sutar of India and Mickey Abrams of England[9] before losing to the eventual gold medal winner Stephen Muchoki of Kenya in the semi-final bout.[10]
In 1977 he won the prestigious bantamweight ABA Championship at the Empire Pool, Wembley.[11]
