George Finnegan
George V. Finnegan (* September 1881 in California, † February 28, 1913 in San Francisco ) was an American boxer.
Finnegan took part in the Olympic Games in 1904 and won two medals. First, he took part in the struggles of the flyweight class and won the gold medal. In the following days, he gained weight and was admitted to the struggles of the bantamweight class where he won the silver medal. He lost the final battle against Oliver Kirk. Finnegan is one of only four boxers to ever have won medals in different weight classes.
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1904: George Finnegan | 1920: Frankie Genaro | 1924: Fidel LaBarba | 1928: Antal Kocsis | 1932: István Énekes | 1936: Willy Kaiser | 1948: Pascual Pérez | 1952: Nathan Brooks | 1956: Terry Spinks | 1960: Gyula Török | 1964: Fernando Atzori | 1968: Ricardo Delgado | 1972: Georgi Kostadinov | 1976: Leo Randolph | 1980: Petar Lessow | 1984: Steve McCrory | 1988: Kim Kwang- sun | 1992: Choi Chol -su | 1996: Maikro Romero | 2000: Wijan Ponlid | 2004: Yuriorkis Gamboa | 2008: Somjit Jongjohor | 2012: Robeisy Ramírez
List of Olympic gold medalist in boxing
- Boxer ( United States)
- Olympic gold medalist ( boxing )
- Born in 1881
- Died in 1913
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