Guillermo José Lovell (January 14, 1918 – October 25, 1967) was an Argentine heavyweight boxer. He competed at the
1936 Berlin Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...
and won a silver medal, losing by points to
Herbert Runge
Herbert Runge (23 January 1913 – 11 March 1986) was a German heavyweight boxer. He won the gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
He was born in Elberfeld, which later became part of Wuppertal, where he died as well.
Amateur c ...
in the final. His elder brother
Alberto Lovell and nephew
Pedro
Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for '' Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter.
The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, mean ...
were also Olympic boxers.
Guillermo Lovell
sports-reference
1936 Olympic results
Below are Guillermo Lovell's bouts from the 1936 Olympic boxing tournament in Berlin. Lovell competed in the heavyweight division for Argentina.
* Round of 16: defeated Omar Hermansen (Denmark) on points
* Quarterfinal: defeated Jose Feans (Uruguay) by a second-round knockout
* Semifinal: Defeated Erling Nilson (Norway) on points
* Final: lost to Herbert Runge (Germany) on points (was awarded a silver medal)
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1918 births
1967 deaths
Heavyweight boxers
Olympic boxers for Argentina
Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Argentina
Argentine people of Irish descent
Olympic medalists in boxing
Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Argentine male boxers
Boxers from Buenos Aires Province
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