Raoul Degryse (6 September 1912 – 19 June 1993) was a
Belgian boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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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 born in
Oudenaarde
Oudenaarde (; ; in English sometimes ''Oudenarde'') is a Belgium, Belgian City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region, Flemish Provinces of Belgium, province of East Flanders. The municipality ...
. In 1936 he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the
flyweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming silver medalist
Gavino Matta
Gavino Matta (June 9, 1910 in Sassari – January 20, 1954) was an Italian 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 ...
.
External links
Raoul Degryse's profile at Sports Reference.com*
1912 births
1993 deaths
Flyweight boxers
Olympic boxers for Belgium
Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Oudenaarde
Belgian male boxers
20th-century Belgian sportsmen
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