Thure Ahlqvist
Appearance
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Born | 20 April 1907 Borås, Sweden | |||||||||||
Died | 20 March 1983 (aged 75) Borås, Sweden | |||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||
Club | IK Ymer, Borås | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Thure Johan Ahlqvist (20 April 1907 – 20 March 1983) was a Swedish lightweight boxer who won a silver medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics. A tall and mobile boxer, Ahlqvist favored fighting at a distance, occasionally throwing straight punches.[1][2][3]
1932 Olympic results
[edit]Below are the results for Thure Ahlqvist, a Swedish lightweight boxer who competed at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics:
- Round of 16: bye
- Quarterfinal: defeated Gaston Mayor (France) by decision
- Semifinal: defeated Nathan Bor (United States) by decision
- Final: lost to Lawrence Stevens (South Africa) by decision (was awarded silver medal)
References
[edit]- ^ Thure Ahlqvist. sports-reference.com
- ^ Thure Ahlqvist. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ Boxing at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Lightweight. sports-reference.com
Categories:
- 1907 births
- 1983 deaths
- Lightweight boxers
- Olympic boxers for Sweden
- Boxers at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Swedish male boxers
- Sportspeople from Borås
- 20th-century Swedish people
- Swedish Olympic medalist stubs
- Swedish boxing biography stubs