# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leonard-leisching
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:26:57.166Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leonard-leisching"
name: "Leonard Leisching"
slug: "leonard-leisching"
description: "Leonard Leisching was a boxer from South Africa, bronze medalist at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki and gold medalist at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. Leisching was also an accomplished footballer, appearing as a full-back for Johannesburg Rangers, Wigan Athletic, Llandudno and Southern Suburbs."
tagline: "Boxer (1934-2018)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1934-09-11"
deathDate: "2018-02-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.07
  momentum:             0.1136363636363636
  historical:           11.13653733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Leisching"
    title: "Leonard Leisching"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA"
    title: "ليونارد ليشينغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Leisching"
    title: "Leonard Leisching"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Leisching"
    title: "Leonard Leisching"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Leisching"
    title: "Leonard Leisching"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Leisching"
    title: "Leonard Leisching"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF"
    title: "لئونارد لایشینگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Leisching"
    title: "Leonard Leisching"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Leisching"
    title: "Leonard Leisching"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Leisching"
    title: "Leonard Leisching"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Leisching"
    title: "Leonard Leisching"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Leisching"
    title: "Leonard Leisching"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Лейшинг, Леонард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6525492"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump