Fred Tiedt won a silver medal in the welterweight division at the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games.

His final bout came just hours after Ronnie Delany won a memorable gold medal on the track and at the time was hugely controversial, with most observers expecting Tiedt to emerge the winner.

Tiedt is the only boxer to have won an Olympic medal before he won a national championship.

He died at the age of just 63 on June 15th 1999.