Josef Miner (15 July 1914 in
Breslau,
German Empire – 1944 in
Huși
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,
Romania
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) was a German
boxer who competed in the
1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he won the bronze medal in the featherweight class after winning the third-place bout versus Hungary's
Dezső Frigyes.
He was killed in action during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
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1936 Olympic results
Below are the results of Josef Miner, a featherweight boxer, who competed for Germany at the 1936 Berlin Olympics:
* Round of 32: defeated Khalil Amira El-Maghrabi (Egypt) on points
* Round of 16: defeated Remi Lescrauwaet (Belgium) on points
* Quarterfinal: defeated John Treadaway (Great Britain) on points
* Semifinal: lost to Charles Catterall (South Africa) on points
* Bronze Medal Bout: defeated Dezso Frigyes (Hungary) on points (was awarded the bronze medal)
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1914 births
1944 deaths
Sportspeople from Wrocław
Sportspeople from the Province of Silesia
Featherweight boxers
Olympic boxers for Germany
Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
Olympic medalists in boxing
German male boxers
German Army personnel killed in World War II
Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
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