Arnold Petrus Maria Vanderlyde (born 24 January 1963) is a Dutch former amateur boxer, who participated in three Summer Olympics (1984, 1988 and 1992) and won three bronze medals in the heavyweight division (≤91 kg). He started boxing at age fifteen. Although Vanderlyde was a three-time European champion and seven-time Dutch champion, he never turned professional. After ending his boxing career in 1992, he entered the corporate world as a motivational speaker.

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Arnold Vanderlyde
Vanderlyde in 1990
Born	Arnold Petrus Maria Vanderlyde (1963-01-24) 24 January 1963 (age 61) Sittard, Limburg, Netherlands
Statistics
Weight(s)	Heavyweight
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	254
Wins	233
Losses	20
Draws	1
Medal record Men's Boxing Representing the  Netherlands Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Heavyweight 1988 Seoul Heavyweight 1992 Barcelona Heavyweight World Amateur Championships 1986 Reno Heavyweight 1991 Sydney Heavyweight European Amateur Championships 1987 Turin Heavyweight 1989 Athens Heavyweight 1991 Gothenburg Heavyweight 1985 Budapest Heavyweight

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1984

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Egerton Forster (Sierra Leone) 4-1
• Defeated Georgios Stefanopoulos (Greece) 5-0
• Lost to Willie DeWitt (Canada) 2-3

1988

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Henry Akinwande (Great Britain) 3-2
• Defeated Gyula Alvics (Hungary) 5-0
• Lost to Ray Mercer (United States) RSC 2

1992

• Defeated Emilio Leti (American Samoa) 14-0
• Defeated Sung-Bae Chae (South Korea) 14-13
• Defeated Paul Douglas (Ireland) RSC 1 (1:30)
• Lost to Félix Savón (Cuba) 3-23

• Media related to Arnold Vanderlyde at Wikimedia Commons
• Personal website Archived 24 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Arnold Vanderlyde". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.