Garth_da_Silva

Garth da Silva

Garth da Silva

New Zealand boxer (born 1973)

Garth John da Silva (born 28 December 1973 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a boxer from New Zealand, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he won his first round in the Heavyweight (-91 kg) division against Cathel O'Grady of Ireland, before losing to Serguei Dychkov of Belarus.[1] In 1998 he won the bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. He is the son of wrestler John da Silva.[2]

Quick Facts Medal record, Men's boxing ...

References

  1. [1]
    Olympic results Archived 4 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    Adams, Yvette (2005). More than meets the eye: a true story based on the life and times of the best blind wrestler the world has ever seen. Yvette Adams. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-9757770-0-8.


Stub icon

This biographical article related to New Zealand boxing is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Garth_da_Silva, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.