Edgar Basel (1 November 1930 in

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— 7 September 1977) was a boxer from

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, who won the silver medal in the

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division (– 51 kg) at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

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Amateur career

Basel had an outstanding amateur career. He was a five time German amateur flyweight champion (1951-1952, 1954-1956), and in 1955 he won the European Championship in Berlin (West).

Olympic results

Edgar Basel (West Germany) was a boxing silver medalist in the flyweight division at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Here are his results: * Round of 16: Defeated Henryk Kukier (Poland) on points (3-0) * Quarterfinal: defeated Torbjørn Clausen (Norway) by third-round knockout * Semifinal: Defeated Anatoli Bulakov (Soviet Union) on points (2-1) * Final: Lost to Nate Brooks (USA) on points (0-3) Edgar Basel (West Germany) competed as a flyweight boxer at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Here are his results: * Round of 32: Lost to Vladimir Stolnikov (Soviet Union) on points

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Sportspeople from Mannheim Flyweight boxers Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Germany Olympic boxers of the United Team of Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany 1930 births 1977 deaths Olympic medalists in boxing German male boxers Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics {{Germany-boxing-bio-stub