Mac Joachim
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | Macketich Hovakimian |
Nationality | Indian |
Born | 1925 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India |
Died | 2013 Kingston upon Thames, London |
Sport | |
Sport | Boxing |
Mackertich "Mac" Joachim (1925–2013) was an Indian boxer who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1] Joachim was born as Mackertich Hovakimian in 1925 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India to an Armenian father who had settled there. He later settled in England where he pursued a professional boxing career. Joachim died in 2013 in Kingston upon Thames, London.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mac Joachim". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Mac Joachim". Olympedia.org. Retrieved 5 March 2021.