Pa Sharkey (1931 – 31 October 2016) was a member of the 1956
Irish
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Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
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Olympic boxing team, competing in the heavyweight division. He was eliminated in his
1st round fight - knock-out in the 3rd round - by the Swedish competitor
Törner Åhsman
Gustav Edgar Törner Åhsman (30 July 1931 – 30 October 2016) was a Swedish heavyweight boxer. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the second round by Lev Mukhin. After the Olympics he turned professional and had ...
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References
Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results databasePatrick Sharkey's obituary
See also
*Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...
1931 births
2016 deaths
Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers of Ireland
Irish male boxers
Heavyweight boxers
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