Karl Schmedes (November 14, 1908 – May 31, 1981) was a German
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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who competed in the
1936 Summer 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 ...
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He was born in
Dortmund
Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the la ...
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In 1936 he was eliminated in the first round of the
lightweight class after losing his fight to
José Padilla.
1936 Olympic results
Below is the record of Karl Schmedes, a German lightweight boxer who competed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics:
* Round of 32: lost to
José Padilla (Philippines) by decision
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1908 births
1981 deaths
Sportspeople from Dortmund
Lightweight boxers
Olympic boxers for Germany
Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
German male boxers
20th-century German sportspeople
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