Joseph Arthur Prud'Homme (March 12, 1898 – January 7, 1978) was a Canadian middleweight boxer who competed in the early 1920s.[1]
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | Joseph Arthur Prud'Homme | |||||||||||
| Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||
| Born | March 12, 1898 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||
| Died | January 7, 1978 (aged 79) Athabasca, Alberta, Canada | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||
| Weight class | Middleweight | |||||||||||
Medal record
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He won a silver medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics, losing to British boxer Harry Mallin in the final. Prud'Homme later moved to Plamondon, Alberta and died in Athabasca, Alberta in 1978.[2]
Olympic record
editHere is Georges Prud'Hommes' record at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics where he competed as a middleweight boxer:
- Round of 16: defeated Antoine Masson (Belgium)
- Quarterfinal: defeated Marcel Rey-Golliet (France)
- Semifinal: defeated Hjalmar Strømme (Norway)
- Final: lost to Harry Mallin (Great Britain); Prud'Homme awarded the silver medal
References
edit- ^ "Arthur Prud'Homme". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "CONTENTdm".
External links
edit- Georges Prud'Homme's profile at databaseOlympics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Art Prud'homme (full name: Georges Arthur Prud'homme)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-04-13.
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