Name Jim McCourt Role Boxer | Martial art Boxing Division Lightweight | |
Olympic medals Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Lightweight People also search for Jozef Grudzien, Ronald Allen Harris, Velikton Barannikov | ||
James Vincent McCourt (born 24 January 1944) is a former Irish boxer from Northern Ireland.
McCourt won a bronze medal for the Ireland in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the lightweight division. McCourt lost a controversial 3-2 decision to Russian Velikton Barannikov. Shortly after the Games McCourt defeated olympic champion Józef Grudzień of Poland. A year later, he repeated his bronze medal performance at the 1965 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin in the same grade. In 1966, McCourt won a gold medal, representing Northern Ireland, at the Commonwealth Games in Kingston in the Light Welterweight division. McCourt was rated number one amateur boxer of the world for 4 years. A master of defence and counter punching, he is inducted in the Irish Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame.