Leif Hansen (boxer)
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Leif Håkon "Baggis" Hansen (8 February 1928 – 6 November 2004) was a Norwegian
boxer
who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics
.
He was born and died in Oslo
, and represented the sports club SK av 1909
. He finished seventeenth in the light-welterweight division in the boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
. He took five Norwegian national titles (in both lightweight, light-welterweight and welterweight) between 1951 and 1955.
Hansen later had a career in professional boxing
between 1956 and 1964. He entered ten matches, and won five.
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 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...
.
He was born and died in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, and represented the sports club SK av 1909
SK av 1909
Sportsklubben av 1909, often shortened as Sp-09 or Sportsklubben, is a Norwegian sports club from Oslo, founded in 1909. It has sections for amateur boxing and amateur wrestling, and has had several Olympians on its books.-History:...
. He finished seventeenth in the light-welterweight division in the boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
In the 1960 Summer Olympics, Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. won the gold medal in the boxing light heavyweight division for the United States.-Medals:- Flyweight :-Quarterfinals:...
. He took five Norwegian national titles (in both lightweight, light-welterweight and welterweight) between 1951 and 1955.
Hansen later had a career in professional boxing
Professional Boxing
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, emerged in the early twentieth century as boxing gradually attained legitimacy and became a regulated, sanctioned sport. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse which is divided among the fighters and promoters as determined by contract...
between 1956 and 1964. He entered ten matches, and won five.