Josef Němec

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

For the footballer of the same name, see Josef Němec (footballer).
Josef Němec

Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
1960 Rome Heavyweight
European Championship
1957 Prague Heavyweight
1959 LucerneHeavyweight
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.

References
  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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