Audley Harrison is a British Heavyweight boxer of Jamaican heritage. In 2000 in Sydney he became the first Briton to win an Olympic gold medal in the Superheavyweight division since the competition's inception in 1984. He was also the first Briton to take Olympic boxing gold in 32 years and the first at the highest weight class since 1920. After his Olympic success he turned professional, fighting in Great Britain and America.



