Ronald "Ron" Vincent Thurston (20 August 1945 – 24 July 2023), was a boxer who competed for England.
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 August 1945 Warrington, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 July 2023 (aged 77)[1] Warrington, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
Event | Lightweight | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Raven BC, Warrington | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Boxing career
editThurston was educated at St Augustine's RC Primary School, St John's RC Secondary Modern. He was a member of the Raven Boxing Club in Warrington, which was run by father and son duo, Herbie and young Herbie Goulding.[1]
He represented the England team[2] and won a silver medal in the 60 kg lightweight, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[3][4]
Four years later he represented England again at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[5][6][7]
By profession he worked for the James & Nuttall Engineering Company, where he was an engineer. He fought in 120 amateur contests and won 97 of them.[1]
Thurston died in 2023 aged 77.[1]
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 "1966 Commonwealth Games medal winner Ron Thurston has died". Warrington Guardian. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
- ↑ "Bobby Arthur picked for Empire Games". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 2 May 1966. p. 24. Retrieved 10 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "1966 Athletes". Team England.
- ↑ "Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team". Team England.
- ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ↑ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
- ↑ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
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