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.

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