Jesper Garnell (born 22 April 1958 in
Dalum, Odense) is a retired male
lightweight
Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing.
Boxing
Professional boxing
The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) weight class in the sport of boxing.
Notable lightweight ...
boxer from
Denmark
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, who represented his native country at the
1980 Summer Olympics in
Moscow
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,
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.
There he was eliminated in the second round by Mongolia's
Galsandorj Batbileg on points (1-4) after having defeated
Sylvain Rajefiarison (Madagascar) in the first round. Garnell was one out of three boxers representing Denmark at the 1980 Summer Olympics, the other ones being
Ole Svendsen
Ole Svendsen (born 27 April 1952 in Aalborg, Nordjylland) is a retired male welterweight boxer from Denmark.
Biography
He represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Svendsen was eliminated in the first round by Seych ...
(welterweight) and
Michael Madsen
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(light heavyweight).
References
sports-reference
1958 births
Living people
Lightweight boxers
Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers of Denmark
Sportspeople from Odense
Danish male boxers
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