Art Redden

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameArthur Gray "Art"•Redden
Used nameArt•Redden
Born19 June 1936 in Wilmington, Delaware (USA)
Measurements178 cm / 81 kg
AffiliationsUS Marine Corps, (USA)
NOC United States

Biography

Art Redden was the oldest US boxer at the 1968 Olympics. He attended college at Arkansas AM & N, graduating in 1960, where he played football and ran track. After college Redden joined the US Marines and began boxing. From 1964-68 he won the All-Marine and the Interservice title as a light-heavyweight. He won a gold medal at the 1967 Pan American Games and won the CISM title in 1966-67. Redden was a career Marine and later became the Marines boxing coach.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1968 Summer Olympics Boxing USA Art Redden
Light-Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) =9

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