Harry Kurschat
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Representing  Germany
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1956 Melbourne | Lightweight |
Harry Kurschat
Harry Kurschat (born 28 February 1933 in Berlin) is a retired boxer from Germany, who competed in the lightweight division during his career as an amateur for West Germany.
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[]
External links[]
- Harry Kurschat at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
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- 1933 births
- Living people
- Boxers from Berlin
- Lightweight boxers
- German male boxers
- Olympic boxers of 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
- German boxing biography stubs
- German Olympic medalist stubs