Willy Kaiser (16 January 1912 – 24 July 1986) was a German
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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 ...
.
Kaiser was born in
Pudewitz,
Province of Posen
The Province of Posen (german: Provinz Posen, pl, Prowincja Poznańska) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1848 to 1920. Posen was established in 1848 following the Greater Poland Uprising as a successor to the Grand Duchy of Posen, w ...
,
German Empire
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. He won the gold medal in the flyweight class after winning the final against
Gavino Matta
Gavino Matta (June 9, 1910 in Sassari – January 20, 1954) was an Italian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI O ...
in 1936.
1936 Olympic results
Below is the record of Willy Kaiser, a German flyweight boxer who competed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics:
*Round of 32: bye
*Round of 16: Defeated
Guillermo López (
Chile
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) referee stopped contest in round 3
*Quarterfinal: Defeated
Fidel Tricánico (
Uruguay
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) on points
*Semifinal: Defeated
Alfredo Carlomagno (
Argentina
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) on points
*Final: Defeated
Gavino Matta
Gavino Matta (June 9, 1910 in Sassari – January 20, 1954) was an Italian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI O ...
(
Italy
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) on points (won gold medal)
References
profile
1912 births
1986 deaths
People from the Province of Posen
People from Pobiedziska
Sportspeople from Greater Poland Voivodeship
Flyweight boxers
Olympic boxers of Germany
Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Olympic medalists in boxing
German male boxers
Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
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