Chris Bessey MBE
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born1971
Portsmouth
Medal record
Boxing
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Kuala Lumpur light middleweight

Christopher David Ernest Bessey (born 1971) is a male retired boxer who competed for England.

Boxing career

Bessey was the National Champion in 1993 after winning the prestigious ABA welterweight title, boxing for the Army.[1] He moved up in weight and won an impressive five more National titles at light middleweight (1995, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000).

He represented England in the light middleweight (-71 Kg) division, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[2][3][4]

Bessey is a warrant officer in the British Army and a coach of the British army boxing team [5] and was awarded an MBE in the 1997 New Year Honours, when serving with the Royal Logistic Corps.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing.
  2. ↑ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  3. ↑ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. ↑ "Profile". Box Rec.
  6. ↑ "List of awards" (PDF). Supplement to the London Gazzette.
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