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Edgar Basel (born 1934-04-06 in Mannheim) is a former boxer from Germany, who won the silver medal in the flyweight division (– 51 kg) at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
[edit] Amateur Career
Basel had an outstanding amateur career. He was a five time German amateur flyweight champion (1951-1952, 1954-1956), and in 1955 he won the European Championship in Berlin (West).
[edit] Olympic Results
- 1952 Silver medalist as a Flyweight at Helsinki Olympics. Results were:
- Defeated Henryk Kukier (Poland) PTS (3-0)
- Defeated Thorbjoern Clausen (Norway) KO-3
- Defeated Anatoli Bulakov (Soviet Union) PTS (2-1)
- Lost to Nathan Eugene Brooks (USA) PTS (0-3)
- 1956 competed as a Flyweight at the Melbourne Olympics. Result was:
- Lost to Vladimir Stolnikov (Soviet Union) PTS
[edit] External links
[edit] References
Professional boxing record for Edgar Basel from Boxrec
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