Robert Bath

Bob Bath
Personal information
Full nameRobert Gordon Bath
NationalityAustralian
Born(1936-09-16)16 September 1936
Died9 September 2025(2025-09-09) (aged 88)
Sport
SportBoxing

Robert Gordon Bath OAM (16 September 1936 – 9 September 2025) was an Australian boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1956 Summer Olympics. At the 1956 Summer Olympics he defeated Hempala Jayasuriya of Ceylon, before losing to Song Soon-chun of South Korea. He was from Buninyong, Victoria. He was a recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).

Bath was born in 1936. He taught physical education and sports at Ballarat Grammar School from 1958 until he retired in 1995. Bath died on 9 September 2025.

References

  1. ↑ Cootes, Isobel (1 October 2025). "The boy from Buninyong: remembering Ballarat's first Olympian Bob Bath". The Courier. Ballarat: Australian Community Media. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "Australia Day honours 2018: Bob Bath joins late brother as OAM". 26 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Robert Bath Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Ballarat's first Olympian: the fight for a 1956 blazer - ABC (none) - Australian Broadcasting Corporation". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Bath, Robert (Bob) Gordon OAM". Ballarat Courier. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  6. ↑ Ellery, David (8 March 2003). "Bob an artful dodger". The Courier. Ballarat, Australia: Australian Community Media. Retrieved 9 December 2021.