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Name
  
Karel Miljon

Division
  
Light heavyweight

Martial art
  
Boxing

Died
  
February 8, 1984

Role
  
Boxer


Karel Miljon

Olympic medals
  
Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's light heavyweight

Karel Leendert Miljon (17 September 1903, Amsterdam – 8 February 1984, Bennebroek) was a Dutch boxer, who won the bronze medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.

Karel Miljon Karel Miljon 17 September 1903 Amsterdam 8 February 1984

Miljon won the Dutch title eleven times, and also participated in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he was eliminated in the first round of the light heavyweight competition after losing his fight against the upcoming gold medalist Harry Mitchell.

Olympic results

1928 (as a Light heavyweight)

  • Defeated Emil Johansson (Sweden) points
  • Defeated Alfred Jackson (Great Britain) points
  • Lost to Ernst Pistulla (Germany) points
  • Defeated Don McCorkindale (South Africa) points, in bronze medal match

    • References

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