Michael Johannes Madsen (born March 26, 1958 in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

, Hovedstaden) is a retired male light-heavyweight 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...

 from Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place in the Indoor Stadium of the Olympiski Sports Complex in Moscow. The boxing schedule began on 20 July and ended on 2 August...

 in Moscow

Moscow

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, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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.

There he was eliminated in the second round by Cuba's Ricardo Rojas on points (1-4) after having defeated Csaba Kuzma

Csaba Kuzma

Csaba Kuzma is a retired male light-heavyweight boxer from Hungary, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he was eliminated in the first round by Denmark's Michael Madsen on points .-References:*...

 (Hungary) in the first round. Garnell was one out of three boxers representing Denmark at the 1980 Summer Olympics, the other ones being Jesper Garnell

Jesper Garnell

Jesper Garnell is a retired male lightweight boxer from Denmark, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union....

 (lightweight) and Ole Svendsen

Ole Svendsen

Ole Svendsen is a retired male welterweight boxer from Denmark, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union....

(welterweight).