Karel Miljon
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| File:Boksen om het Nederlands kampioenschap voor amateurs, met links Karel Miljon, die kampioen in het, SFA022001039.jpg Karel Miljon (left) in 1924 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's boxing | ||
| Representing the File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Bronze medal – third place | 1928 Amsterdam | Light heavyweight |
| European Amateur Championships | ||
| Silver medal – second place | 1927 Berlin | Light heavyweight |
| Bronze medal – third place | 1925 Stockholm | Light heavyweight |
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Karel Leendert Miljon (17 September 1903, Amsterdam – 8 February 1984, Bennebroek) was a Dutch boxer, who won the bronze medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.[1]
Miljon won the Dutch title eleven times, and also participated in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he was eliminated in the first round of the light heavyweight competition after losing his fight against the upcoming gold medalist Harry Mitchell.
1928 Olympic results
[edit | edit source]Below is the record of Karel Miljon, a Dutch light heavyweight boxer who competed at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics:
- Round of 16: Defeated Emil Johansson (Sweden) on points
- Quarterfinal: Defeated Alfred Jackson (Great Britain) on points
- Semifinal: Lost to Ernst Pistulla (Germany) on points
- Bronze Medal Bout: Defeated Don McCorkindale (South Africa) on points (was awarded bronze medal)
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- (in Dutch) boksnieuws.com
- databaseolympics.com
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Categories:
- 1903 births
- 1984 deaths
- Light-heavyweight boxers
- Olympic boxers for the Netherlands
- Boxers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Boxers from Amsterdam
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Dutch male boxers
- Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Dutch sportsmen
- Dutch Olympic medalist stubs
- Dutch boxing biography stubs