Edgar Basel
Encyclopedia
Edgar Basel was a boxer
from Germany
, who won the silver medal in the flyweight
division (– 51 kg) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
in Helsinki
.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
from Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, who won the silver medal in the flyweight
Flyweight
Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing less than 112 lb but above 108 lb .-Professional boxing:...
division (– 51 kg) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...
in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
.
Amateur career
Basel had an outstanding amateur career. He was a five time German amateur flyweight champion (1951-1952, 1954-1956), and in 1955 he won the European Championship in Berlin (West).Olympic results
- 1952 Silver medalist as a Flyweight at Helsinki Olympics. Results were:
- Defeated Henryk KukierHenryk KukierHenryk Jerzy Kukier was a Polish boxer.He won the gold medal in the Flyweight class at the 1953 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Warsaw, and the bronze medal at the 1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships in West Berlin. Kukier was a Polish champion six times...
(Poland) PTS (3-0) - Defeated Thorbjoern Clausen (Norway) KO-3
- Defeated Anatoli BulakovAnatoli BulakovAnatoly Nikolayevich Bulakov was a boxer from the USSR, who won the bronze medal in the flyweight division at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki....
(Soviet Union) PTS (2-1) - Lost to Nathan Eugene Brooks (USA) PTS (0-3)
- Defeated Henryk Kukier
- 1956 competed as a Flyweight at the Melbourne Olympics. Result was:
- Lost to Vladimir Stolnikov (Soviet Union) PTS