Jorma Limmonen
Appearance
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Born | 29 September 1934 Helsinki, Finland | |||||||||||
Died | 27 November 2012 (aged 76) Helsinki, Finland | |||||||||||
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 52–60 kg (115–132 lb) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Jorma Johannes Limmonen (29 September 1934 – 27 November 2012) was a Finnish boxer who competed in the featherweight division in the 1960 and 1964 Olympics. He won a bronze medal in 1960, losing in a semifinal to the eventual champion Francesco Musso, and was eliminated in the second bout in 1964.[1][2]
Limmonen won ten consecutive national titles in 1953–64, which remains a national record. He retired in 1964 and later worked as a boxing coach and a sports journalist. In 2006 he was inducted into the Finnish Boxing Hall of Fame.[1][2]
1964 Olympic results
[edit]Jorma Limmonen competed as a featherweight in the 1964 Olympic boxing tournament in Tokyo. Here are his results from that event:
- Round of 32: defeated Jan de Rooj of the Netherlands (referee stopped contest)
- Round of 16 lost to Constantin Crudu of Romania by a 2-3 decision
References
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- ^ a b Jorma Limmonen. Sports Reference.com
- ^ a b Nyrkkeilyn olympiapronssimitalisti Jorma Limmonen kuoli. hs.fi. 29 November 2012 (in Finnish)
Categories:
- 1934 births
- 2012 deaths
- Boxers from Helsinki
- Olympic boxers for Finland
- Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
- Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Finnish male boxers
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Featherweight boxers
- Finnish Olympic medalist stubs
- Finnish boxing biography stubs