Ján Zachara

Ján Zachara
	; Zachara in 1952
Medal record
Men’s Boxing
Representing Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games

Ján Zachara (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈjaːn ˈzaxara]; born 27 August 1928) 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. He was born in Kubrá, a borough of Trenčín, present-day Slovakia.[1]

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

References

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ján Zachara". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

External links

Ján Zachara at databaseOlympics.com
Ján Zachara at Olympedia
Ján Zachara at Olympics.com
Ján Zachara at Olympijskytym.cz (in Czech)

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[SportsRef-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ján Zachara". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2018.