Niels Henry Gunnar Andreasen (March 31, 1914 – February 4, 1996) was a
Danish boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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who competed in the
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 ...
.
He was born in
Faxe
Faxe or Fakse is a town on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. It is located in Faxe Municipality in Region Zealand. The town is most known for the Faxe Brewery, Royal Unibrew, a relatively large brewery producing a range of beer and soft ...
and died in
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...
.
In 1936 he was eliminated in the second round of the
middleweight class after losing his fight to
Tin Dekkers.
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profile
1914 births
1996 deaths
Middleweight boxers
Olympic boxers for Denmark
Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Danish male boxers
People from Faxe Municipality
Boxers from Region Zealand
20th-century Danish sportsmen
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