Sigfred Madsen
Encyclopedia
Sigfred Thomas Madsen 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 second round of the featherweight class
after losing his fight to Dezső Frigyes
.
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 second round of the featherweight class
Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics - Men's featherweight
The men's featherweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the third-lightest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 126 pounds . The competition was held from Tuesday, August 11, 1936 to Saturday, August 15, 1936.Twenty-four boxers from 24...
after losing his fight to Dezső Frigyes
Dezso Frigyes
Dezső Frigyes was a Hungarian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he finished fourth in the featherweight class after losing the bronze medal bout to Josef Miner...
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