Ivan Schannong
Encyclopedia
Ivan Schannong was a Danish
boxer
who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics
.
He was born in Copenhagen
and died in Gentofte
.
In 1920 he was eliminated in the second round of the welterweight class
after losing his fight to the upcoming bronze medalist Frederick Colberg
.
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 1920 Summer Olympics
1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....
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He was born 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...
and died in Gentofte
Gentofte
Gentofte Kommune is a municipality in the Capital Region of Denmark on the east coast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , and has a total population of 68,913...
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In 1920 he was eliminated in the second round of the welterweight class
Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics - Men's welterweight
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after losing his fight to the upcoming bronze medalist Frederick Colberg
Frederick Colberg
Frederick "Fred" William Colberg was an American welterweight boxer who competed in the early 1920s....
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