Hans Nielsen

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Name: Hans Nielsen
Birth Name: Hans Jakob Nielsen
Hometown: Aalborg, Denmark
Birthplace: Naestved, Denmark
Died: 1967-02-06 (Age:67)
Amateur Boxer: Record

Hans Jacob Nielsen was a Danish lightweight amateur boxer who competed in the 1920s. He was reigning world champion between 1924 and 1928 after winning the gold medal in Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the lightweight category, defeating Alfredo Copello in the final.

Olympic results

• 1924
  • Defeated Zorobabel Rodriguez (Chile) PTS
  • Defeated Richard Savignac (France) PTS
  • Defeated Haakon Hansen (Norway) PTS
  • Defeated Freddie Boylstein (United States) PTS
  • Defeated Alfredo Copello (Argentina) PTS

• 1928
  • 1st round bye
  • Defeated Mathias Sancassiani (Luxembourg) PTS
  • Defeated Daaf Baan (Netherlands) PTS
  • Lost to Carlo Orlandi (Italy) PTS

Source

This article borrows from the Wikipedia article on Nielsen: [[1]