Harold Thomas (boxer)

Harold Frederick Thomas (11 January 1909 – 29 March 1933)[1] was a New Zealand boxer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.[2] He was eliminated in the first round of the welterweight class after losing his fight to Italy's Luciano Fabbroni.[3] Thomas was born in Wellington. He died in Wellington aged 24, less than a year after his appearance at the Olympics. He jumped from a train a few hours after learning about the death of his fiancée.[4]

Thomas c. 1929

References
  1. Sports Reference: Harold Thomas biography
  2. New Zealand Olympic Committee: Harold Thomas profile
  3. Sports Reference: Boxing at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games - Men's Welterweight Round One
  4. Sports Reference: Olympians Who Committed Suicide
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