Jan Hesterman (18 March 1893,
Amsterdam
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– 16 December 1963, Amsterdam) was a Dutch
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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who competed in the
1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...
. In 1920 he was eliminated in the second round of the
middleweight class after losing his fight to
William Bradley.
He was the older brother of
Wim Hesterman
Willem "Wim" Hesterman (26 November 1897, in Amsterdam – 2 December 1971, in Amstelveen) was a Dutch boxer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1920 he was eliminated in the second round of the featherweight class after losing his figh ...
and
Catharina Hesterman.
References
1893 births
1963 deaths
Middleweight boxers
Olympic boxers of the Netherlands
Boxers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Boxers from Amsterdam
Dutch male boxers
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