Josef Němec (25 September 1933 – 10 September 2013) was a boxer from Czechoslovakia. Born in

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, Czechoslovakia, he competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in

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, Australia, going out in the quarter-finals of the heavyweight event. He returned to the

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held in

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, again as a heavyweight boxer where he went one better, going out in the semi-final to finish in third place. In

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1963 he became European champion. Němec died in České Budějovice on 10 September 2013, aged 79.

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* 1933 births 2013 deaths Heavyweight boxers Czechoslovak male boxers Olympic boxers for Czechoslovakia Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from České Budějovice Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Czech male boxers {{CzechRepublic-boxing-bio-stub