Leif Håkon "Baggis" Hansen (8 February 1928 – 6 November 2004) was a

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who competed in the

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. He was born and died in

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, and represented the sports club

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. He finished seventeenth in the light-welterweight division in the

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. He took five Norwegian national titles (in both lightweight, light-welterweight and welterweight) between 1951 and 1955. Hansen later had a career in

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between 1956 and 1964. He entered ten matches, and won five.

1952 Olympic results

Below is the record of Leif Hansen, a Norwegian light welterweight boxer who competed at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics: * Round of 32: lost to Charles Adkins (United States) referee stopped contest in first round

References

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