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Born | Dordrecht, Eastern Cape | 9 February 1932|||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 22 October 2009 Pretoria | (aged 77)|||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daniel "Daan" Wepener Bekker (9 February 1932 – 22 October 2009) was a South African boxer, who won the bronze medal in the Heavyweight division (+ 91 kg) at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Four years later in Rome he captured the silver medal in the same category.[1]
Bekker was the South African Heavyweight Champion from 1955–1959 and 1961.
Bekker died on 18 October 2009 after a long struggle with Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.[2]