Summer Olympic Games the strict quarantine laws of Australia, the equestrian events were held in Stockholm. At the 1960 Rome Games a young light-heavyweight boxer named Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, arrived on the scene. Ali would later throw his gold medal away in disgust after being refused service in a whites-only restaurant in his home town of Louisville, Kentucky. He was awarded a new medal 36 years later at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Other performers of note in 1960 included Wilma Rudolph, a gold medallist in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 4 × 100 meters relay events. The
William Fisher (boxer) William Fisher (boxer) William "Willie" Fisher (born 14 March 1940 in Craigneuk and died 06 October 2018) is a former Scottish boxer. Fisher represented Great Britain at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games. He won a bronze medal at light middleweight. William (Billy) was always a very shy person. Even after winning his Olympic bronze medal he remained very humble and was always a bit embarrassed when someone would ask for his autograph. He was never the sort of person to step into the limelight and shied away from anything that would make him appear to be anything more than just