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 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Willie Toweel is the 268th most popular boxer (up from 287th in 2024), the 256th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 277th in 2019) and the 5th most popular South African Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Willie Toweel ranks 268 out of 496. Before 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 568. Before 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 627. Before him are Gulmurod Khalimov, Steffi Martin, Mikhail Tolstykh, Francine York, Leila Seth, and Kim Weon-kee. After him are Roy Halladay, Andrea Jürgens, David Axelrod, Ayan Sadakov, Sergei Mylnikov, and Cheick Tioté.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Willie Toweel ranks 256 out of 454. Before him are Brenda Fassie (1964), Phil Masinga (1969), Linda Mvusi (1955), Hans Vonk (1970), Ilana Kloss (1956), 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).

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Among BOXERS In South Africa

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

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