Jim McCourt
| Medal record | ||
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| Men’s boxing | ||
Representing  Ireland
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1964 Tokyo | Lightweight |
| European Championships | ||
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1965 East Berlin | Lightweight |
Representing  Northern Ireland
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| Commonwealth Games | ||
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1966 Kingston | Light Welterweight |
James Vincent McCourt (born 24 January 1944) is a former Irish boxer from Northern Ireland.
McCourt won a bronze medal for the Ireland in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the lightweight division. McCourt lost a controversial 3-2 decision to Russian Velikton Barannikov. Shortly after the games, McCourt defeated Olympic champion Józef Grudzień of Poland. A year later, he repeated his bronze medal performance at the 1965 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin in the same grade. In 1966, McCourt won a gold medal, representing Northern Ireland, at the Commonwealth Games in Kingston in the Light Welterweight division. McCourt was rated the number one amateur boxer in the world for four years. A master of defence and counter punching, he is inducted in the Irish Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame.
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