Jim McCourt
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 (24 January 1944 – 19 June 2023) was an Irish boxer from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
McCourt won a bronze medal for Ireland in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the lightweight division. He lost a hotly disputed 3–2 decision to Russian Velikton Barannikov in the semi-final.[1] 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 was inducted in the Irish Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame.
References
[edit]- ^ John Haughey, 'Jim McCourt: 1964 Olympic boxing medallist and Commonwealth Games champion dies'. BBC Sport, 20 June 2023, retrieved 20 June 2023
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