Victor Jörgensen (12 June 1924 – 29 August 2001) was a boxer from

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. He competed for Denmark in the

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held in

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in the welterweight event where he finished in third place. He was born in

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References

Victor Jörgensen's profile at Sports Reference.com
1924 births 2001 deaths Olympic boxers for Denmark Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in boxing Danish male boxers Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics People from Hjørring Welterweight boxers Sportspeople from the North Jutland Region 20th-century Danish people 21st-century Danish people {{denmark-boxing-bio-stub