Harry Mitchell (boxer)

Harry Mitchell
Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	5 January 1898; Tiverton, Devon, England
Died	8 February 1983 (aged 85); Twickenham, London, England
Sport
Sport	boxing
Medal record
Representing Great Britain
Men's Boxing

Harold James Mitchell (5 January 1898 – 8 February 1983) was an English boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in the light heavyweight competition after beating Thyge Petersen in the final.[1]

Amateur career

Mitchell was a four-time Amateur Boxing Association champion in the light heavyweight class (1922–25), when boxing out of the Polytechnic Boxing Club.[2]

His legacy

Today, located in the UK, there is a leisure centre that bears his name - the Harry Mitchell Leisure Centre - which has a fully equipped Hammer Strength brand weights gym, a gym that has entry only for women, and classes for badminton, fitness and various other indoor team sports.

References

"Harry Mitchell". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
"Amateur Boxing Championships". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 2 April 1925. Retrieved 31 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

External links

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Harry Mitchell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

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[1] "Harry Mitchell". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 October 2021.

[2] "Amateur Boxing Championships". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 2 April 1925. Retrieved 31 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.