Michael Johannes Madsen (born 26 March 1958 in

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) is a retired male

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from

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, who represented his native country at the

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. There he was eliminated in the second round by Cuba's Ricardo Rojas on points (1-4) after having defeated

Csaba Kuzma Csaba Kuzma (born November 20, 1954, in Tatabánya, Komárom-Esztergom) is a retired male light-heavyweight boxer from Hungary, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he was eliminated i ...

(Hungary) in the first round. Madsen was one out of three boxers representing Denmark at the 1980 Summer Olympics, the other ones being

Jesper Garnell Jesper Garnell (born 22 April 1958 in Dalum, Odense) is a retired male lightweight boxer from Denmark, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he was eliminated in the second round by Mongol ...

(lightweight) and Ole Svendsen (welterweight).

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