James Vincent McCourt (born 24 January 1944) is a former Irish

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from

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. McCourt won a bronze medal for

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in the

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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 Józef Grudzień (1 April 1939 – 17 June 2017) was a Polish boxer. Grudzień was born 1 April 1939 in Piasek Wielki, Poland, which is near Busko-Zdrój. He won two medals at the Olympic Games: gold in the Lightweight division at Tok ...

of Poland. A year later, he repeated his bronze medal performance at the 1965 European Amateur Boxing Championships in

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in the same grade. In 1966, McCourt won a gold medal, representing

, at the

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in Kingston in the Light Welterweight division. McCourt was rated the number one amateur boxer in the world for four years. A master of defence and counter punching, he is inducted in the Irish Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame.

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1944 births Living people Male boxers from Northern Ireland Olympic boxers of Ireland Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Ireland Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Northern Ireland Boxers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Olympic medalists in boxing Irish male boxers Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Lightweight boxers {{Ireland-Olympic-medalist-stub