Leif Hansen (boxer)

Leif Håkon "Baggis" Hansen (8 February 1928 – 6 November 2004) was a Norwegian boxer who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

He was born and died in Oslo, and represented the sports club SK av 1909. He finished seventeenth in the light-welterweight division in the boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[1] He took five Norwegian national titles (in both lightweight, light-welterweight and welterweight) between 1951 and 1955.[2]

Hansen later had a career in professional boxing between 1956 and 1964. He entered ten matches, and won five.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Leif Hansen". Sports-Reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/tore-hem-1.html. Retrieved 25 July 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Henriksen, Petter, ed (2007). "Leif «Baggis» Hansen" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Leif_%C2%ABBaggis%C2%BB_Hansen. Retrieved 25 July 2010.