Jim Wallington

James Wallington

Personal information
Full name	James Robert Wallington, Jr.
Nickname	"Jim"
Nationality	American
Born	(1944-07-28)July 28, 1944 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[1]
Died	April 20, 1988(1988-04-20) (aged 43) Lawrence, Indiana[2]
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Light Welterweight
Medal record Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City Light Welterweight Pan American Games 1967 Winnipeg Light Welterweight

James ("Jim") Robert Wallington (July 28, 1944 – April 20, 1988) was an American welterweight boxer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who represented the United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.

Wallington won the bronze medal in the men's light welterweight division (– 63.5 kg) after a loss in the semifinals against eventual silver medalist Enrique Regueiferos from Cuba. He won the gold medal at the Pan American Games a year earlier. Wallington was also the US National Amateur Light Welterweight Champion in 1966 and 1967.

Wallington also served in the US Army.^[2] He died aged 43.

1968 Olympic results

Below are the results of James Wallington, an American boxer who competed in the light welterweight classification at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City:

• Round of 64: bye
• Round of 32: defeated Donato Cartagena (Dominican Republic) referee stopped contest
• Round of 16: defeated Alex Odhiambo (Uganda) by decision, 5-0
• Quarterfinal: defeated Kim Sa-yong (South Korea) by decision, 5-0
• Semifinal: lost to Enrique Regueiferos (Cuba) by decision, 1-4 (was awarded bronze medal)

References

1. James Wallington Biography Archived 2017-01-24 at the Wayback Machine Olympics Database. Retrieved on 5 March 2016.
2. Jim Wallington Biography SR Olympics. Retrieved on 5 March 2016