Jim McCourt
Medal record | ||
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Men’s boxing | ||
Representing Ireland | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1964 Tokyo | Lightweight | |
European Championships | ||
1965 East Berlin | Lightweight | |
Representing Northern Ireland | ||
Commonwealth Games | ||
1966 Kingston | Light Welterweight |
James Vincent McCourt (24 January 1944 – 19 June 2023) was an Irish boxer from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
McCourt won a bronze medal for Ireland in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the lightweight division. He lost a hotly disputed 3–2 decision to Russian Velikton Barannikov in the semi-final.[1] Shortly after the games, McCourt defeated Olympic champion Józef Grudzień of Poland. A year later, he repeated his bronze medal performance at the 1965 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin in the same grade. In 1966, McCourt won a gold medal, representing Northern Ireland, at the Commonwealth Games in Kingston in the Light Welterweight division. McCourt was rated the number one amateur boxer in the world for four years. A master of defence and counter punching, he was inducted in the Irish Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame.
References
- ^ John Haughey, 'Jim McCourt: 1964 Olympic boxing medallist and Commonwealth Games champion dies'. BBC Sport, 20 June 2023, retrieved 20 June 2023
External links
- Jim McCourt at databaseOlympics.com
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- 1954 – 2002: up to 63.5 kg
- 2006 – 2018: up to 64 kg
- 2022 – present: up to 63.5 kg
- 1954: Mickey Bergin (CAN)
- 1958: Henry Loubscher (SAF)
- 1962: Clement Quartey (GHA)
- 1966: Jim McCourt (NIR)
- 1970: Mohamed Muruli (UGA)
- 1974: Obisia Nwankpa (NGR)
- 1978: Winfield Braithwaite (GUY)
- 1982: Christopher Ossai (NGR)
- 1986: Howard Grant (CAN)
- 1990: Charlie Kane (SCO)
- 1994: Peter Richardson (ENG)
- 1998: Michael Strange (CAN)
- 2002: Darren Barker (ENG)
- 2006: James Russan (ENG)
- 2010: Manoj Kumar (IND)
- 2014: Josh Taylor (SCO)
- 2018: Jonas Jonas (NAM)
- 2022: Reese Lynch (SCO)
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