Clement Quartey
Clement Isaac "Ike" Quartey is a former Ghanaian boxer and Ghana's first Olympic medalist. He won the silver medal in the men's Light Welterweight (63.5 kg) category at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.[1][2][3]
Quartey (left) in a fight against Wilfried Rühl, 1962 | ||
Medal record | ||
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Men's Boxing | ||
Representing | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1960 Rome | Light Welterweight |
History
Better known as "Isaac" or "Ike", he was born April 12, 1938 in Accra, Ghana. Clement is an older brother of former welterweight champion Ike Quartey.[4] He not only won a medal at the Olympics, but he also won a gold medal at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Perth, Western Australia.(born April 12, 1938 in Accra)[5]
Fights
Olympic games results 1960 (as a Light welterweight)
Defeated Mohamed Boubekeur (Romania) 5-0
Defeated Khalid Al-Karkhi (Iraq) 5-0
Defeated Kim Deuk-Bong (South Korea) 3-2
Defeated Marian Kasprzyk (Poland) walk-over
Lost to Bohumil Nemecek (Czechoslovakia) 0-5[6]
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ike Quartey". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- "Clement Quartey - Me Firi Ghana". mefirighana.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-12. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
- Adam, Hakeem. "10 Things You Didn't Know About Ghana's Best Boxers".
- "Clement Quartey". GhanaNation Online. 2013-09-13. Archived from the original on 2018-05-12. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
- Okine, Sammy Heywood (2018-01-27). "Clement Isaac "Ike" Quartey - The First Ghanaian To Win An Olympic Games Medal".
- "Clement Quartey - BoxRec". boxrec.com.