Jean Despeaux (22 October 1915 – 25 May 1989) was a French
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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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 ...
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In 1936 he won the gold medal in the middleweight class after winning the final against
Henry Tiller
Henry Tiller (14 June 1914 – 4 May 1999) was a Norwegian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Amateur career
Tiller's career started in 1931, when he became Norwegian amateur junior lightweight champion at the age of 17. He ...
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He also acted in a handful of films, including
Maurice Tourneur Maurice may refer to:
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La Main du diable
''La Main du diable'' ("The Devil's Hand"), also known as ''Carnival of Sinners'', is a 1943 French horror film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Pierre Fresnay as a struggling artist who acquires a supernatural talisman. Eventually, h ...
'' (1943), in which he played a boxer.
1936 Olympic results
Below is the Olympic record of Jean Despeaux of France, who competed as a middleweight boxer at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
* Round of 16: defeated Juan Bregaliano (Uruguay) on points
* Quarterfinal: defeated Josef Hrubes (Czechoslovakia) on points
* Semifinal: defeated Raul Villarreal (Argentina) on points
* Final: defeated Henry Tiller (Norway) on points (won gold medal)
References
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1915 births
1989 deaths
Middleweight boxers
Olympic boxers of France
Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for France
Olympic medalists in boxing
French male boxers
Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
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