Evald Seepere (born ''Seeberg;'' 4 May 1911 – 22 February 1990) was an

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

n amateur featherweight

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. He competed in the 1934 European Championships and

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

, but was eliminated in a second-round bout. Seepere studied in Moscow in 1942–43, and later for 43 years worked as a boxing coach in Estonia.

1936 Olympic results

* Round of 32: defeated

Nicolae Berechet Nicolae Berechet (April 16, 1915 in Dioști, Dolj County – August 14, 1936 in Berlin) was a Romanian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. On August 11, 1936 he was eliminated in the first round of the featherweight class after losing ...

(Romania) on points * Round of 16: lost to Theodore Kara (United States) on points

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1911 births 1990 deaths People from Väike-Maarja Parish Sportspeople from Lääne-Viru County People from Kreis Wierland Estonian male boxers Featherweight boxers Olympic boxers for Estonia Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century Estonian people Burials at Metsakalmistu {{Estonia-boxing-bio-stub