Martin Olsen
Encyclopedia
Martin Carl Sofus Olsen was a Danish
boxer
who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics
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He was born in Sundby
, Copenhagen
and died in Copenhagen
.
In 1920 he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the middleweight class
after losing his fight to Hjalmar Strømme
.
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 Sundby
Sundby
Sundby is a locality in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden it had 271 inhabitants in 2005....
, 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 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 1920 he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the middleweight class
Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics - Men's middleweight
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after losing his fight to Hjalmar Strømme
Hjalmar Strømme
Hjalmar Strømme was a Norwegian boxer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.In 1920 he finished fourth in the middleweight class after losing the bronze medal bout to Moe Herscovitch.-External links:*...
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