Joni Nyman (born September 5, 1962 in

Pori ) , website www.pori.fi Pori (; sv, Björneborg ) is a city and municipality on the west coast of Finland. The city is located some from the Gulf of Bothnia, on the estuary of the Kokemäki River, west of Tampere, north of Turku and north-w ...

) is a retired boxer (

pugilist 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 ...

) from

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, who won a Welterweight Bronze medal at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

. He also competed at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

Seoul, South Korea Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ...

, where he was defeated in the quarterfinals.

Olympic results

1984 - Los Angeles (as a welterweight) * Round of 64: bye * Round of 32: Defeated Georges Ngangue (Cameroon) by decision, 5-0 * Round of 16: Defeated Kieran Joyce (Ireland) by decision, 4-1 * Quarterfinal: Defeated Dwight Frazier (Jamaica) by decision, 5-0 * Semifinal: Lost to

An Young-Su An Young-su (Hangul: 안영수, Hanja: 安榮水; born February 20, 1964, in Seoul, South Korea) is a retired amateur boxer from South Korea, who won the silver medal in the men's welterweight division (–67 kg) at the 1984 Summer ...

(South Korea) by decision, 2-3 (was awarded bronze medal) 1988 (as a welterweight) * Defeated Manny Sobral (Canada) 4-1 * Defeated Søren Antman (Sweden) 5-0 * Defeated Dimus Chisala (Zambia) 5-0 * Lost to

Kenneth Gould Kenneth "Kenny" Gould (born May 11, 1967) was an American boxer, who won the welterweight bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He won the world title at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno Reno ( ) is a city in the no ...

(United States) 0-5

Pro career

Known as "Joltin' Joni", Nyman turned pro in 1988 and had limited success. Nyman retired in 1998 and returned in 2005 for one bout, retiring with a 14-6-1 record.

References

* 1962 births Living people Sportspeople from Pori Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Finland Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in boxing Finnish male boxers Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Welterweight boxers {{Finland-boxing-bio-stub