BOXER

Josef Němec

1933 - 2013

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Josef Němec (25 September 1933 – 10 September 2013) was a boxer from Czechoslovakia. Born in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia, he competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia, going out in the quarter-finals of the heavyweight event. He returned to the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy, again as a heavyweight boxer where he went one better, going out in the semi-final to finish in third place. In Moscow 1963 he became European champion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Němec is the 142nd most popular boxer (up from 148th in 2019), the 703rd most popular biography from Czechia (up from 735th in 2019) and the most popular Czech Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Josef Němec ranks 142 out of 496. Before him are Henry Cooper, Antonio Roldán, Antal Kocsis, Wolfgang Behrendt, Anthony Joshua, and Gerald Dreyer. After him are Cosimo Pinto, Corrie Sanders, Frederick Grace, Rodrigo Valdez, Anders Petersen, and Andy Ruiz Jr..

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Among people born in 1933, Josef Němec ranks 423. Before him are Pentti Linnosvuo, William Yorzyk, Keiko Awaji, Peter Härtling, Maurice Moucheraud, and Tom Courtney. After him are Peter Arundell, Irmtraud Morgner, Françoise Héritier, Anita Gradin, Alexander Mitta, and Chita Rivera. Among people deceased in 2013, Josef Němec ranks 380. Before him are Peter Gilmore, Lucyna Winnicka, Sakine Cansız, Edward Stevens, Nobuyuki Aihara, and Walter Jens. After him are Regina Bianchi, Atje Keulen-Deelstra, Amar Bose, Stan Musial, Costică Ștefănescu, and Taisia Chenchik.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Němec ranks 703 out of 1,200. Before him are Jaroslav Plašil (1982), Lubomir Kavalek (1943), Jakub Arbes (1840), Zdeněk Grygera (1980), Vojtěch Bradáč (1913), and Jan Kaplický (1937). After him are Václav Machek (1925), Jiří Weiss (1913), Jaroslav Skobla (1899), Zecharias Frankel (1801), Josef Holeček (1921), and Bohuslav Šťastný (1949).

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Among BOXERS In Czechia

Among boxers born in Czechia, Josef Němec ranks 1. After him are Rudolf Kraj (1977).

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