Erik Agren

Name: Erik Agren
Alias: Jerka
Birth Name: Erik Alfred Ågren
Hometown: Stockholm, Sweden
Birthplace: Ytterselo, Sweden
Died: 1985-07-03 (Age:69)
Promoter: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Erik Ågren (January 3, 1916 – July 3, 1985) was a Swedish boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

In 1936 he won the bronze medal in the lightweight class after winning the third place fight against Poul Kops.

In 1939 in Chicago at welterweight representing Europe vs. the US Golden Gloves Team he won by ko in the 2nd vs. Howard Porter.

In 1939 he won the silver medal in the European Championships in Dublin.

National champ in 1937-1938-1939-1940-1941. Partial amateurrecord [1]

Olympic Results

• 1936 Lightweight representative for Sweden at the Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Results were:
  • Defeated Lorenzo Delgado (Mexico) PTS
  • Defeated Marino Facchin (Italy) PTS
  • Defeated Andy Scrivani (United States) PTS
  • Lost to Nikolai Stepulov (Estonia) PTS )
  • Defeated Poul Kops (Denmark) walk-over