Dickie Hanna (boxer)
Northern Irish boxer
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Dickie Hanna (born 1939) is a Northern Irish former boxer who won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games.
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| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) | |||||||||||
| Born | 1939[1] | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||
Event | Bantamweight | |||||||||||
| Club | Lisburn BC | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Hanna was a member of the Lisburn Boxing Club and won the County Antrim bantamweight title in 1957.[2] He turned down offers to go professional so that he could compete at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[3]
He was subsequently selected for the 1958 Northern Irish team[4] where he competed in the 54kg bantamweight category[5] and won the bronze medal.[6]
In 1959, Hanna turned professional and boxed 7 bouts from 1960 to 1963.[7][8]
