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Willy Kaiser (16 January 1912 – 24 July 1986) was a German
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who competed in the
1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...
. Kaiser was born in Pudewitz,
Province of Posen The Province of Posen (german: Provinz Posen, pl, Prowincja Poznańska) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1848 to 1920. Posen was established in 1848 following the Greater Poland Uprising as a successor to the Grand Duchy of Posen, w ...
,
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. He won the gold medal in the flyweight class after winning the final against
Gavino Matta Gavino Matta (June 9, 1910 in Sassari – January 20, 1954) was an Italian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI O ...
in 1936.


1936 Olympic results

Below is the record of Willy Kaiser, a German flyweight boxer who competed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: *Round of 32: bye *Round of 16: Defeated Guillermo López (
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) referee stopped contest in round 3 *Quarterfinal: Defeated Fidel Tricánico (
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) on points *Semifinal: Defeated Alfredo Carlomagno (
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) on points *Final: Defeated
Gavino Matta Gavino Matta (June 9, 1910 in Sassari – January 20, 1954) was an Italian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI O ...
(
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) on points (won gold medal)


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1912 births 1986 deaths People from the Province of Posen People from Pobiedziska Sportspeople from Greater Poland Voivodeship Flyweight boxers Olympic boxers of Germany Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in boxing German male boxers Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics {{Germany-Olympic-medalist-stub