Daniel Geale (born February 26, 1981 in Launceston, Tasmania) is a welterweightboxer from Australia, who won the gold medal in the men's welterweight division at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, United Kingdom. He represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, falling in the first round to Italy's Leonard Bundu. February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia, population approximately 103,000, located at the juncture of the North Esk, South Esk, and Tamar rivers. ... Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. ... Boxer redirects here; for other meanings of boxer, see Boxer (disambiguation). ... This article is becoming very long. ... The boxing competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held over a period of sixteen days at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour. ...
DanielGeale has admirers in influential places in Australian boxing, not the least of whom is three-time world champion Jeff Fenech.
After Geales win in the Sydney International Invitation tournament in May, Fenech said he believed the Tasmanian had the potential to forge a successful career for himself.
It was a great result for Geale, who also won gold in the Sydney Olympic test event last December, defeating the French welterweight champion in the final.
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