Børge Holm
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Børge Søren Jørgensen Holm (December 7, 1910 – April 12, 1971) was a Danish
boxer
who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
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He was born and died in Copenhagen
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In 1936 he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the light heavyweight class
after losing his fight to the upcoming gold medalist Roger Michelot
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Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
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 1936 Summer Olympics
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...
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He was born and died in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
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In 1936 he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the light heavyweight class
Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics - Men's light heavyweight
The men's light heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the second-heaviest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 175 pounds . The competition was held from Monday, August 10, 1936 to Saturday, August 15, 1936.Twenty-one boxers from 21...
after losing his fight to the upcoming gold medalist Roger Michelot
Roger Michelot
Roger Michelot was a French boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics....
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