János Kajdi
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Full name | Kajdi János | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Szombathely, Hungary | 30 December 1939||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 10 April 1992 Budapest, Hungary | (aged 52)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | Welterweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Budapesti Honvéd Sportegyesület | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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János Kajdi (30 December 1939 – 10 April 1992) was a boxer from Hungary. He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics in the lightweight, light-welterweight and welterweight (– 67 kg) division, respectively, and won a silver medal in 1972. In the final he was defeated by Cuba's Emilio Correa on points (5:0).
1972 Olympic results
Below are the results of Janos Kajdi, a welterweight boxer form Hungary, who competed at the 1972 Munich Olympics
- Round of 32: DefeatedJames Vrij (Netherlands) by decision, 4–1
- Round of 16: Defeated Damdiniav Bandi (Mongolia) by a second-round knockout
- Quarterfinal: Defeated Maurice Hope (Great Britain) by decision, 5–0
- Semifinal: Defeated Richard Murunga (Kenya) by decision, 4–1
- Final: Lost to Emilio Correa (Cuba) by decision, 0–5 (was awarded the silver medal)
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "János Kajdi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
Categories:
- 1939 births
- 1992 deaths
- Welterweight boxers
- Olympic boxers of Hungary
- Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Hungary
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Hungarian male boxers
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Hungarian Olympic medalist stubs
- Hungarian boxing biography stubs