Poul Børge Kops (September 19, 1915 – February 23, 2000) was a

Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ance ...

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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 ...

. He was born in Pedersborg,

Sorø municipality Sorø Municipality is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in east Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , and has a total population of 29,331 (2015). The main town and the site ...

and was the older brother of

Ebbe Kops Ebbe Knud Kops (5 February 1930 – 9 February 2021) was a Danish boxer. As a member of ''Korsløkke BK'' he became four times national champion. He competed in the men's light middleweight event at the 1952 Summer Olympics where he lost f ...

. In 1936 he finished fourth in the lightweight class. He lost in the semi-finals to the upcoming gold medalist

Imre Harangi Imre Harangi (16 October 1913 – 4 February 1979) was a Hungary, Hungarian amateur lightweight Boxing, boxer. He placed second at the 1934 European Championships and won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in a close final against Nikolai ...

and was not able to compete in the bronze medal bout with Erik Ågren.

External links

Poul Kops' profile at Sports Reference.com
* 1915 births 2000 deaths Lightweight boxers Olympic boxers of Denmark Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Danish male boxers People from Sorø Municipality Sportspeople from Region Zealand {{Denmark-boxing-bio-stub