Erling Nilsen was a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 boxer

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...

 who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics

1936 Summer Olympics

The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...

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Amateur career

In 1936 he won the bronze medal in the heavyweight class after winning the third place fight against Ferenc Nagy

Ferenc Nagy (boxer)

Ferenc Nagy was a Hungarian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Cegléd.In 1936 he finished fourth in the heavyweight class. After his win in the quarterfinals against Olle Tandberg he was neither able to fight in the semifinal bout to Herbert Runge nor in the bronze medal...

. Nilsen also won 7 National Titles in Norway and had 15 victories on the National Team.

Olympic Results

Nilsen represented Norway in the 1936 Olympics, Berlin. Won the Bronze Medal.

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  Walter Marti
  Walter Marti is a Swiss boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was eliminated in the second round of the heavyweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming bronze medalist Erling Nilsen.-External links:*...
  
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  Ernest Toussaint
  Ernest Toussaint was a Luxembourgian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the heavyweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming bronze medalist Erling Nilsen.He was shot in the concentration camp in Hinzert after being arrested as...
  
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  Guillermo Lovell
  Guillermo José Lovell was a boxer Argentine heavyweight, who won the silver medal in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.-Silver Medal in 1936:Guillermo Lovell, aged 18, won the silver medal in the heavyweight category at the 1936 Berlin Olympics...
  
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  Ferenc Nagy (boxer)
  Ferenc Nagy was a Hungarian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Cegléd.In 1936 he finished fourth in the heavyweight class. After his win in the quarterfinals against Olle Tandberg he was neither able to fight in the semifinal bout to Herbert Runge nor in the bronze medal...
  
  , Hungary

Other Highlights

Nilsen won the Bronze Medal in the European Championships, Milan, Italy 1937:

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  Olle Tandberg
  Olle Tandberg was the Swedish heavyweight boxing champion-Biography:He was born in Stockholm, Sweden on October 10, 1918. During his career he totaled 30 fights, winning 23 , losing 6 , and drawing 1. He fought in the 1936, Berlin Olympics where he defeated American boxer Art Oliver...
  
  , Sweden

Trivia

He was a member of the first official boxing contest between England and Norway on December 8, 1935 in the Oslo Colosseum; his opponent was H. P. Floyd.