John Kelman
Personal information
NationalityBarbadian
Born (1968-09-30) 30 September 1968
Sport
SportBoxing

John Kelman (born 30 September 1968) is a Barbadian boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1] After the referee stopped his opening bout against János Nagy of Hungary, Kelman angrily threw one of his gloves and was subsequently banned from amateur boxing for one year.[2] Kelman also represented Barbados at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.[3]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Kelman Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  2. Diaz, George (23 July 1996). "U.S. BOXERS ARE NASTY AS THEY WANT TO BE". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  3. "16.Commonwealth Games - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - September 13-20 1998". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 4 February 2019.


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