Arnold Vanderlyde

Arnold Vanderlyde
Arnold Vanderlyde (right) versus Roberto Balado in 1990.
Statistics
Real name	Arnold Petrus Maria Vanderlyde
Rated at	Heavyweight
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Nationality	Dutch
Born	24 January 1963 Sittard, Limburg, Netherlands
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	254
Wins	233
Losses	20
Draws	1
Medal record Men’s Boxing Competitor for the  Netherlands Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Heavyweight 1988 Seoul Heavyweight 1992 Barcelona Heavyweight World Amateur Championships 1986 Reno Heavyweight 1991 Sydney Heavyweight European Amateur Championships 1987 Turin Heavyweight 1989 Athens Heavyweight 1991 Gothenburg Heavyweight 1985 Budapest Heavyweight

Arnold Petrus Maria Vanderlyde (born 24 January 1963) is a former Dutch boxer, who participated in three Summer Olympics (1984, 1988 and 1992) and won three bronze medals in the heavyweight division (– 91 kg). He started boxing at age fifteen. Although Vanderlyde was a three-time European champion and seven-time Dutch champion, he never turned professional. After ending his boxing career in 1992, he entered the corporate world as a motivational speaker.

Olympic results

1984

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Egerton Forster (Sierra Leone) 4-1
• Defeated Georgios Stefanopoulos (Greece) 5-0
• Lost to Willie DeWitt (Canada) 2-3

1988

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Henry Akinwande (Great Britain) 3-2
• Defeated Gyula Alvics (Hungary) 5-0
• Lost to Ray Mercer (United States) RSC 2

1992

• Defeated Emilio Leti (American Samoa) 14-0
• Defeated Sung-Bae Chae (South Korea) 14-13
• Defeated Paul Douglas (Ireland) RSC 1 (1:30)
• Lost to Félix Savón (Cuba) 3-23

External links

• Personal website (Dutch)
• "Arnold Vanderlyde". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.