| Intro | Boxer |
| Was |
Athlete Boxer |
| From | South Africa |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 23 July 1943, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Death |
7 May 2014, Edenvale, South Africa (aged 70 years) |
| Star sign | Leo |
William Meyers (23 July 1943 in Johannesburg – 7 May 2014) was a South African boxer who won a bronze medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome fighting as a featherweight.
1960 Olympic results
Below is the record of William Meyers, a South African featherweight boxer who competed at the 1960 Rome Olympics:
- Round of 32: defeated Than Tun (Myanmar) by decision, 5-0
- Round of 16: defeated Hsu Teng-yun (Chinese Taipei) by a third-round knockout
- Quarterfinal: defeated Constantin Gheorghiu (Romania) by decision, 5-0
- Semifinal: lost to Jerzy Adamski (Poland) by decision, 1-4 (was awarded bronze medal)