Antal Kocsis
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Antal Kocsis was a Hungarian
boxer
who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
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In 1928 he won the gold medal in the flyweight class after winning the final against Armand Apell
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He was born in Budapest
-Kispest and died in Titusville
, United States
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Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...
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In 1928 he won the gold medal in the flyweight class after winning the final against Armand Apell
Armand Apell
Armand Apell was a French boxer. He competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928, Apell won the silver medal in the flyweight class after losing the final against Antal Kocsis.-References:* *...
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He was born in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
-Kispest and died in Titusville
Titusville, Florida
Titusville is a city in Brevard County, Florida in the United States. It is the county seat of Brevard County. Nicknamed Space City, USA, Titusville is on the Indian River, west of Merritt Island and the Kennedy Space Center and south-southwest of the Canaveral National Seashore...
, United States
United States
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Olympic results
- 1st round bye
- Defeated José Villanova (Spain) points
- Defeated Hubert AusböckHubert AusböckHubert Ausböck was a German boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was born in Munich.In 1928 he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the flyweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming gold medalist Antal Kocsis....
(Germany) points - Defeated Carlo Covagnioli (Italy) points
- Defeated Armand Appell (France) points