Ron Gower
Australian boxer (1929–2018) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ronald Charles Gower, OAM (6 March 1929 – 8 February 2018) was an Australian boxer. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]
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Nationality | Australian |
Born | (1929-03-06)March 6, 1929 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
Died | February 8, 2018(2018-02-08) (aged 88) Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
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Sport | Boxing |
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Gower was seventeen when, in 1946, he became the Tasmanian Flyweight Championship. The following year, Ron won the Australian Flyweight Title. He placed 9th as a Flyweight in the 1948 Summer Olympics, and 15th as a Bantamweight in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was named Australia's number one boxer on both occasions.
Gower also competed in the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand.
Gower was Tasmania's first dual Olympian, retiring in 1955. He is a member of the Tasmanian Sporting Hall of Fame.
Ron Gower died in Hobart, Tasmania on 8 February 2018, at the age of 88.[2][3]