Henry Tiller was a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 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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Amateur career

Tiller's career started in 1931, when he became Norwegian amateur junior lightweight champion at the age of 17. He rapidly grew to middleweight, where he became Norwegian champion in 1935, 36, 37, 38 & 40, before the second world war put a halt to further championships.

He fought in ten international championships, and won eight.

In 1936 he won the silver medal in the middleweight class after losing the final against Jean Despeaux

Jean Despeaux

Jean Despeaux was a French boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he won the gold medal in the middleweight class after winning the final against Henry Tiller.-References:*...

. He defeated Edward Peltz

Edward Peltz

Edward "Eddie" William Max Peltz is a South African boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was eliminated in the first round of the middleweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming silver medalist Henry Tiller.-External links:*...

 (RSA), Richard Shrimpton

Richard Shrimpton

Richard Thomas Shrimpton was a British boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was eliminated in the second round of the middleweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming silver medalist Henry Tiller....

 (GBR), the two favourites Adolf Baumgarten

Adolf Baumgarten

Adolf Baumgarten was a German boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the middleweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming silver medalist Henry Tiller....

 (GER), and Henryk Chmielewski

Henryk Chmielewski (boxer)

Henryk Chmielewski was a Polish boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he finished fourth in the middleweight class...

 (POL). Later that same year Tiller met Despaux in two international championships in Trondheim and Oslo - both times defeating him.

Tiller fought 158 amateur bouts. Of these he lost 22 & tied on 1.

Pro career

In 1938 Tiller became the only Norwegian boxer to become English champion in middleweight, winning a clear victory over the English champion at the time, David Peck.

Life After Boxing

Tiller wrote an autobiography called 'Ringen Klar', published by Aschehoug in 1941.

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