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| Born | 9 February 1932 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 October 2009 (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.
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.
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