Lester Mark Tarrant (26 May 1903 – 1979) also recorded as Leicester Mark Tarrant was a British boxer.[2] He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1924 Summer Olympics and fought as Les Tarrant.[3]

Les Tarrant
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born(1903-05-26)26 May 1903[1]
Coventry, England
DiedJanuary 1979 (aged 75)
Coventry, England
Sport
SportBoxing

Tarrant won the 1921 and 1924 Amateur Boxing Association British bantamweight titles and the 1922 flyweight title, when boxing out of the Armstrong- Siddeley ABC.[4][5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Les Tarrant". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Les Tarrant Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  5. ^ "British Amateur Championships". Belfast News-Letter. 5 April 1922. Retrieved 17 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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