Jean Despeaux (22 October 1915 – 25 May 1989) was a French
boxer 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 ...
.
In 1936 he won the gold medal in the middleweight class after winning the final against
Henry Tiller
Henry Tiller (14 June 1914 – 4 May 1999) was a Norwegian boxer 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 inte ...
.
He also acted in a handful of films, including
Maurice Tourneur
Maurice Félix Thomas (; 2 February 1876 – 4 August 1961), known as Maurice Tourneur (), was a French film director and screenwriter.
Life
Born Maurice Félix Thomas in the Épinettes district (17th arrondissement of Paris), his father was a w ...
's ''
La Main du diable
''La Main du diable'' ("The Devil's Hand"), also known as ''Carnival of Sinners'', is a 1943 French horror film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Pierre Fresnay as a struggling artist who acquires a supernatural talisman. Eventually, ho ...
'' (1943), in which he played a boxer.
1936 Olympic results
Below is the Olympic record of Jean Despeaux of France, who competed as a middleweight boxer at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
* Round of 16: defeated Juan Bregaliano (Uruguay) on points
* Quarterfinal: defeated Josef Hrubes (Czechoslovakia) on points
* Semifinal: defeated Raul Villarreal (Argentina) on points
* Final: defeated Henry Tiller (Norway) on points (won gold medal)
References
Jean Despeaux at databaseOlympics.com*
1915 births
1989 deaths
Middleweight boxers
Olympic boxers for France
Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for France
Olympic medalists in boxing
French male boxers
Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
20th-century French sportsmen
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