.jpg) Kurschat in 1952 | ||
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Representing  Germany
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1956 Melbourne | Lightweight |
Harry Kurschat (3 November 1930 – 21 January 2022) was a German boxer who competed in the lightweight division during his career as an amateur for West Germany. He was born and died in Berlin.
Amateur career
Kurschat was the German amateur lightweight champion 1953, 1954, and 1956, as well as the European amateur champion in 1955. He was the Olympic silver medalist at 1956 Melbourne Olympic games in the lightweight class for United Team of Germany.
Olympic results
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Celedonio Espinosa (Philippines) points
- Defeated Zygmunt Milewski (Poland) KO 3
- Defeated Tony Byrne (Ireland) points
- Lost to Richard McTaggart (Great Britain) points
References
- Boxing record for Harry Kurschat from BoxRec (registration required)
External links
- Harry Kurschat at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
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- 1930 births
- 2022 deaths
- Boxers from Berlin
- Lightweight boxers
- German male boxers
- Olympic boxers for the United Team of Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for the United Team of Germany
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century German sportsmen
- German boxing biography stubs
- German Olympic medalist stubs