Jesper Garnell
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Jesper Garnell (born 22 April 1958 in Dalum, Odense) is a retired male
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from
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, who represented his native country at the
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in
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,
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. There he was eliminated in the second round by Mongolia's Galsandorj Batbileg on points (1-4) after having defeated Sylvain Rajefiarison (Madagascar) in the first round. Garnell was one out of three boxers representing Denmark at the 1980 Summer Olympics, the other ones being Ole Svendsen (welterweight) and
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(light heavyweight).


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1958 births Living people Lightweight boxers Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Denmark Sportspeople from Odense Martial artists from the Region of Southern Denmark Danish male boxers 20th-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-boxing-bio-stub