Jim McCourt

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Olympic medal record
Men’s Boxing
Competitor for Flag of Ireland Ireland
Bronze 1964 Tokyo Lightweight

James "Jim" Vincent McCourt (born January 24, 1944) was a boxer from Northern Ireland.

McCourt won a bronze medal for Ireland in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the Lightweight division. A year later McCourt repeated his bronze medal performance at the European Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin in the same grade. In 1966, McCourt won a gold medal, representing Northern Ireland, at the Commonwealth Games in Kingston in the Light Welterweight division.

McCourt was rated number one amateur boxer of the world for 4 years. He fought 16 ABA champions and never lost a bout.

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