BOXER

Willie Toweel

1934 - 2017

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Willie Michael "Willie" Toweel (6 April 1934 – 25 December 2017) was a boxer from South Africa, who won the bronze medal in the flyweight division (– 51 kg) at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Willie Toweel is the 264th most popular boxer (up from 287th in 2019), the 254th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 278th in 2019) and the 5th most popular South African Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Willie Toweel ranks 264 out of 496Before him are Charles Adkins, John Mugabi, Victor Ortiz, Sultan Ibragimov, Sven Ottke, and James Toney. After him are Tim Witherspoon, Vladimir Kolev, Oleg Maskayev, Roberto Cammarelle, Virgil Hill, and Hocine Soltani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Willie Toweel ranks 568Before him are David Malouf, June Foulds, Rita R. Colwell, Carla Anderson Hills, Carver Mead, and Angela Buxton. After him are Jerry Nelson, Bryan Douglas, Jennifer Kendal, Little Milton, Jim Jeffords, and Hamilton Green. Among people deceased in 2017, Willie Toweel ranks 625Before him are Ian Stewart, Robert Osborne, Steffi Martin, Mikhail Tolstykh, Francine York, and Leila Seth. After him are Roy Halladay, David Axelrod, Ayan Sadakov, Sergei Mylnikov, Cheick Tioté, and Reema Lagoo.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Willie Toweel ranks 254 out of 454Before him are Phil Masinga (1969), Linda Mvusi (1955), Hans Vonk (1970), Ilana Kloss (1956), Leal (null), and Theuns Jordaan (1971). After him are Trevor Noah (1984), Maggie Laubser (1886), Roger Michell (1956), Musetta Vander (1963), MacBeth Sibaya (1977), and Theo de Raadt (1968).

Among BOXERS In South Africa

Among boxers born in South Africa, Willie Toweel ranks 5Before him are David Carstens (1914), George Hunter (1927), Gerald Dreyer (1929), and Corrie Sanders (1966).