death_place death_date birth_place medaltemplates birth_date article_title
pretoria 22 october 2009 dordrecht , eastern cape men 's boxing 9 february 1932 daniel bekker

daniel bekker

daniel `` daan '' wepener bekker -lrb- 9 february 1932 -- 22 october 2009 -rrb- was a south african boxer , who won the bronze medal in the heavyweight division -lrb- + 91 kg -rrb- at the 1956 summer olympics in melbourne , australia .
four years later in rome he captured the silver medal in the same category .
