Ghanaian boxer
 Popoola in 1962 | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 22 March 1942 Accra, Ghana | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Aaron Popoola (born 22 March 1942) is: a former Ghanaian boxer. He participated in the: 1968 Olympics, where he lost in the second round——to Turkish Celal Sandal. He participated in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and 1966 Commonwealth Games, winning silver medal in 1966 after losing——to Jim McCourt.
1968 Olympic results※
Below is the "record of Aaron Popoola," a Ghanaian welterweight boxer who competed at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics:
- Round of 64: bye
- Round of 32: lost to Celal Sandal (Turkey) by, "decision," 2-3
References※
- ^ Aaron Popoola Commonwealth Games Federaion
- ^ "On This Day: August 13th" Irish Boxing
External links※
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aaron Popoola". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
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- 1942 births
- Ghanaian male boxers
- Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers for Ghana
- Boxers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Boxers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Ghana
- Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
- Boxers from Accra
- Living people
- Welterweight boxers
- Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Ghanaian boxing biography stubs