James Vincent McCourt (24 January 1944 – 19 June 2023) was an Irish

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from

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. McCourt won a bronze medal for

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in the lightweight division. He lost a hotly disputed 3–2 decision to Russian Velikton Barannikov in the semi-final.John Haughey
'Jim McCourt: 1964 Olympic boxing medallist and Commonwealth Games champion dies'
BBC Sport, 20 June 2023, retrieved 20 June 2023 Shortly after the games, McCourt defeated Olympic champion

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of Poland. A year later, he repeated his bronze medal performance at the 1965 European Amateur Boxing Championships in

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in the same grade. In 1966, McCourt won a gold medal, representing

, at the

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in the Light Welterweight division. McCourt was rated the number one amateur boxer in the world for four years. A master of defence and counter punching, he was inducted in the Irish Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame.

References

External links

Jim McCourt at databaseOlympics.com
1944 births 2023 deaths Male boxers from Northern Ireland Olympic boxers for Ireland Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Ireland Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Northern Ireland Boxers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Olympic medalists in boxing Irish male boxers Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Lightweight boxers Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Boxers from Belfast Commonwealth Games gold medallists in boxing {{Ireland-Olympic-medalist-stub