Medal record | ||
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Josef Němec |
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Men's Boxing | ||
Competitor for Czechoslovakia | ||
Olympic Games | ||
Bronze | 1960 Rome | Heavyweight |
European Championship | ||
Bronze | 1957 Prague | Heavyweight |
Bronze | 1959 Lucerne | Heavyweight |
Gold | 1963 Moscow | Heavyweight |
Josef Němec (born 25 September 1933 in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia) is a boxer from Czechoslovakia.
He competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia, going out in the quarter finals of the heavyweight event. He returned to the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy, again as a heavyweight boxer where he went one better, going out in the semi final to finish in third place. In Moscow 1963 he became European champion.