Michael Johannes Madsen (born 26 March 1958 in

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) is a retired male

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from

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, who represented his native country at the

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. There he was eliminated in the second round by Cuba's Ricardo Rojas on points (1-4) after having defeated

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(Hungary) in the first round. Madsen was one out of three boxers representing Denmark at the 1980 Summer Olympics, the other ones being

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(lightweight) and

Ole Svendsen Ole Svendsen (born 27 April 1952 in Aalborg, Nordjylland) is a retired male welterweight boxer from Denmark. Biography He represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Svendsen was eliminated in the first round by Seyche ...

(welterweight).

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1958 births Living people Light-heavyweight boxers Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Denmark Sportspeople from Copenhagen Danish male boxers {{Denmark-boxing-bio-stub