Bohumil Němeček
Bohumil Němeček (born January 2, 1938 in Tábor , Czechoslovakia , † May 2, 2010 in Ústí nad Labem , Czech Republic ) was a Czechoslovak boxer .
biography
Němeček represented Czechoslovakia at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome in the boxing competitions and was Olympic light welterweight champion in the final match against Clement Quartey from Ghana . With his silver medal, Quartey won the first medal at the Olympic Games for the African continent . Němeček from the ČSSR had beaten the American Quincey Daniels 5-0 in the semifinals . Technically, Němeček was clearly superior in the final. Quartey you could tell that he had little international experience and so the result was clear with 5-0 for Němeček.
In the fights for the title of European amateurs light welterweight title, he lost to Richardas Tamulis in the semi-finals in 1962 .
In 1967, however, he became European champion and was able to prevail in the final against Manfred Wolke , the GDR light middleweight champion.
On May 2, 2010 he died in Ústí nad Labem after a long illness
Web links
- Bohumil Němeček in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Bohumil Němeček in the BoxRec -Encyclopaedia
- Website boxing results on Sport-komplett.de
- Website Amateur-boxing.strefa.pl
- "Olympic boxing champion Bohumil Nemecek dies at 72" ( Associated Press report ) (archive link)
Individual evidence
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SURNAME | Němeček, Bohumil |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czechoslovak boxer |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1938 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tábor , Czechoslovakia |
DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 2010 |
Place of death | Ústí nad Labem , Czech Republic |