Gerardus Cornelis "Tin" Dekkers (September 18, 1916 – October 8, 2005) was a Dutch
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
Rotterdam
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and was the younger brother of
Hens Dekkers.
In 1936 he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the
middleweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming bronze medalist
Raúl Villarreal. He died in
Orp-Jauche
Orp-Jauche (; ; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2008, Orp-Jauche had a total population of 8,400. The total area is 50.50 km² which gives a population density of 159 inhabita ...
,
Belgium
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in 2005.
External links
Tin Dekkers' profile at Sports Reference.com
1916 births
2005 deaths
Middleweight boxers
Olympic boxers for the Netherlands
Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Boxers from Rotterdam
Dutch male boxers
20th-century Dutch sportsmen
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