Ján Zachara

Olympic medal record
Men’s Boxing
Competitor for Czechoslovakia
	1952 Helsinki	Featherweight

Ján Zachara (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈjaːn ˈzaxara]) (born 27 August 1928 in Kubra near Trenčín, now Slovak Republic) is a former Czechoslovak boxer who won the gold medal in the featherweight division at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

Zachara also competed in 1956, losing in a quarterfinal to Pentti Hämäläinen of Finland on points.

Olympic results

Defeated Åke Wärnström (Sweden) 3-0
Defeated Su Bung-Nan (South Korea) 3-0
Defeated János Erdei (Hungary) 2-1
Defeated Leonard Leisching (South Africa) 2-1
Defeated Sergio Caprari (Italy) 2-1

External links

Olympic DB

Olympic boxing champions in Men's Featherweight

1904: 115–125 lb (52.2–56.7 kg), 1908: 116–126 lb (52.6–57.2 kg), 1920–1928: 118–126 lb (53.5–57.2 kg), 1932–1936: 119–126 lb (54.0–57.2 kg), 1948: 54–58 kg 1952–2008: 54–57 kg

1904: Oliver Kirk (USA) 1908: Richard Gunn (GBR) 1920: Paul Fritsch (FRA) 1924: Jackie Fields (USA) 1928: Bep van Klaveren (NED) 1932: Carmelo Robledo (ARG) 1936: Oscar Casanovas (ARG) 1948: Ernesto Formenti (ITA) 1952: Ján Zachara (TCH) 1956: Vladimir Safronov (URS) 1960: Francesco Musso (ITA) 1964: Stanislav Stepashkin (URS) 1968: Antonio Roldán (MEX) 1972: Boris Kuznetsov (URS) 1976: Ángel Herrera (CUB) 1980: Rudi Fink (GDR) 1984: Meldrick Taylor (USA) 1988: Giovanni Parisi (ITA) 1992: Andreas Tews (GER) 1996: Somluck Kamsing (THA) 2000: Bekzat Sattarkhanov (KAZ) 2004: Aleksei Tishchenko (RUS) 2008: Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR)

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