Joseph Cornelis (17 November 1917 – 2000) was a Belgian

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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 eliminated in a quarterfinal bout of the bantamweight class after losing his fight to the eventual gold medalist

Ulderico Sergo Ulderico Sergo (Fiume, 4 July 1913 – Cleveland, 20 February 1967) was a bantamweight professional boxer from Italy, who won the gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He defeated Jackie Wilson of the United States by decision in ...

1936 Olympic results

Below are the results of Joseph Cornelis, a Belgian bantamweight boxer who competed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: * Round of 32: bye * Round of 16: defeated Jose Vergara (Chile) by decision * Quarterfinal: lost to Ulderico Sergo (Italy) by decision

References

External links

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Joseph Cornelis' profile at Sports Reference.com
1917 births 2000 deaths Bantamweight boxers Olympic boxers for Belgium Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Belgian male boxers 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-boxing-bio-stub