Harry Kurschat
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Silver | 1956 Melbourne | Lightweight |
Harry Kurschat (born 1930-11-03 in Berlin) is a retired boxer from Germany, who competed in the Lightweight division during his career as an amateur.
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[edit] Amateur career
Kurschat was the German amateur lightweight champion 1953, 1954 and 1956 and the European amateur champion in 1955. He was the Olympic Silver Medalist at 1956 Melbourne Olympic games in lightweight class for United Team of Germany.
[edit] Olympic results
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Celedonio Espinosa (Philippines) points
- Defeated Zygmunt Milewski (Poland) KO 3
- Defeated Tony Byrne (Ireland) points
- Lost to Richard McTaggart (Great Britain) points