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Men’s Boxing
Olympic medal record
Competitor for Czechoslovakia
Gold	1952 Helsinki	Featherweight

Ján Zachara(born 27 August 1928) is a former Czechoslovak boxer who won the gold medal in the featherweight division at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

Zachara also competed in 1956, losing in a quarterfinal to Pentti Hämäläinen of Finland on points.

[edit] Olympic Results

v • d • e Olympic Boxing Champions in Men's Featherweight

1904: 115-125 lb (52.2-56.7 kg), 1908: 116-126 lb (52.6-57.2 kg), 1920-1928: 118-126 lb (53.5-57.2 kg), 1932+1936: 119-126 lb (54.0-57.2 kg), 1948: 54-58 kg 1952-2008: 54-57 kg

1904: Oliver Kirk (USA) • 1908: Richard Gunn (GBR) • 1920: Paul Fritsch (FRA) • 1924: Jackie Fields (USA) • 1928: Bep van Klaveren (NED) • 1932: Carmelo Robledo (ARG) • 1936: Oscar Casanovas (ARG) • 1948: Ernesto Formenti (ITA) • 1952: Ján Zachara (TCH) • 1956: Vladimir Safronov (URS) • 1960: Francesco Musso (ITA) • 1964: Stanislav Stepashkin (URS) • 1968: Antonio Roldán (MEX) • 1972: Boris Kuznetsov (URS) • 1976: Ángel Herrera (CUB) • 1980: Rudi Fink (GDR) • 1984: Meldrick Taylor (USA) • 1988: Giovanni Parisi (ITA) • 1992: Andreas Tews (GER) • 1996: Somluck Kamsing (THA) • 2000: Bekzat Sattarkhanov (KAZ) • 2004: Aleksei Tishchenko (RUS) • 2008: Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR)

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