Josef Němec (25 September 1933 – 10 September 2013)[1] was a boxer from Czechoslovakia.
Medal record | ||
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Men's Boxing | ||
Representing Czechoslovakia | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1960 Rome | Heavyweight | |
European Championship | ||
1957 Prague | Heavyweight | |
1959 Lucerne | Heavyweight | |
1963 Moscow | Heavyweight |
Born in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia, he competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia, going out in the quarter-finals of the heavyweight event. He returned to the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy, again as a heavyweight boxer where he went one better, going out in the semi-final to finish in third place. In Moscow 1963 he became European champion.
Němec died in České Budějovice on 10 September 2013, aged 79.
References
edit- ^ "Zemřel boxer Josef Němec, bronzový olympionik z Říma 1960". Lidové noviny (in Czech). lidovky.cz. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
External links
edit- Sports-reference
- Josef Němec at Olympedia
- Josef Němec at the Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech)