Harry Mitchell (boxer)

Harold James Mitchell was an English boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in the light heavyweight competition after beating Thyge Petersen in the final.

Amateur career

Mitchell was a four-time Amateur Boxing Association champion in the light heavyweight class, when boxing out of the Polytechnic Boxing Club.

His legacy

Today, located in the UK, there is a leisure centre that bears his name - the - which has a fully equipped Hammer Strength brand weights gym, a gym that has entry only for women, and classes for badminton, fitness and various other indoor team sports.