Peter Hanlon | |
Nationality: | British |
Sport: | Boxing |
Birth Date: | 13 April 1959 |
Birth Place: | Dublin |
Peter Joseph Hanlon (born 13 April 1959 in Dublin) is a retired British boxer.[1]
Hanlon won the 1979 and 1981 Amateur Boxing Association British featherweight titles, when boxing out of the Gloucester ABC.[2]
He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[3] At the Olympics, he beat Antonio Esparragoza of Venezuela, before losing to Viktor Rybakov of the Soviet Union in the last 16.[3]
He represented England and won a silver medal in the featherweight division, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[4] [5]