Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Clarence Leonard "Sal"•Walker |
Used name | Sal•Walker |
Born | 13 December 1898 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape (RSA) |
Died | 30 April 1957 in Roodepoort, Gauteng (RSA) |
NOC | ![]() |
Medals | OG |
Gold | 1 |
Silver | 0 |
Bronze | 0 |
Total | 1 |
Sal Walker was a professional from 1922-28. Of his 16 fights he won and lost seven each, with two fights ending in a draw. Five of these were fights for South African titles, four as a featherweight and one as a bantamweight. He held the South African featherweight title for six months in 1924 and stepped down in 1928 as the reigning South African bantamweight champion.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1920 Summer Olympics | Boxing | ![]() |
Sal Walker | |||
Bantamweight, Men (Olympic) | 1 | Gold |