Ján Zachara
Appearance
Zachara in 1952 | ||
Medal record | ||
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Men’s Boxing | ||
Representing | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1952 Helsinki | Featherweight |
Ján Zachara (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈjaːn ˈzaxara]; born 27 August 1928) is a former Czechoslovak boxer who won the gold medal in the featherweight division at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Zachara also competed in 1956, losing in a quarterfinal to Pentti Hämäläinen of Finland on points. He was born in Kubrá, a borough of Trenčín, present-day Slovakia.[1]
Olympic results
[edit]- Defeated Åke Wärnström (Sweden) 3-0
- Defeated Su Bung-Nan (South Korea) 3-0
- Defeated János Erdei (Hungary) 2-1
- Defeated Leonard Leisching (South Africa) 2-1
- Defeated Sergio Caprari (Italy) 2-1
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ján Zachara". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1928 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Trenčín
- Czechoslovak male boxers
- Featherweight boxers
- Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers for Czechoslovakia
- Olympic gold medalists for Czechoslovakia
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Slovak male boxers
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Czechoslovak Olympic medalist stubs
- Slovak sportspeople stubs
- European boxing biography stubs