Josef Němec

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Josef Němec (25 September 1933 10 September 2013)[1] was a boxer from Czechoslovakia.

Josef Němec

Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1960 RomeHeavyweight
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place1957 PragueHeavyweight
Bronze medal – third place1959 LucerneHeavyweight
Gold medal – first place1963 MoscowHeavyweight

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

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  1. "Zemřel boxer Josef Němec, bronzový olympionik z Říma 1960". Lidové noviny (in Czech). lidovky.cz. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
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