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Arnold Vanderlyde

Dutch boxer

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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.

Defeated Egerton Forster (Sierra Leone) 4-1

Defeated Georgios Stefanopoulos (Greece) 5-0

Lost to Willie DeWitt (Canada) 2-3

Defeated Henry Akinwande (Great Britain) 3-2

Defeated Gyula Alvics (Hungary) 5-0

Lost to Ray Mercer (United States) RSC 2

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.

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