Joseph Arthur Prud'Homme (March 12, 1898 – January 7, 1978) was a

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who competed in the early 1920s. He won a

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at the

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, losing to British boxer

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in the final. Prud'Homme later moved to

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and died in

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in 1978.

Olympic record

Here is Georges Prud'Hommes' record at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics where he competed as a middleweight boxer: * Round of 16: defeated

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(Belgium) * Quarterfinal: defeated Marcel Rey-Golliet (France) * Semifinal: defeated Hjalmar Strømme (Norway) * Final: lost to

(Great Britain); Prud'Homme awarded the silver medal

References

External links

Georges Prud'Homme's profile at databaseOlympics
* 1898 births 1978 deaths Canadian military personnel of World War I Canadian soldiers Sportspeople from Ottawa Middleweight boxers Olympic boxers for Canada Boxers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in boxing Boxing people from Ontario Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Canadian male boxers {{Canada-Olympic-medalist-stub