Clement Quartey

Clement Quartey in 1962
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  Ghana
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1960 Rome Light Welterweight

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]

History

Better known as "Isaac" or "Ike", he was born 12 April 1938, in Accra, Ghana. Clement is an older brother of former welterweight champion Ike Quartey.[4] He is the first black Ghanaian to win a medal at the Olympics, and he also won a gold medal at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Perth, Western Australia.(born 12 April 1938, in Accra)[5]

Fights

Quartey (left) in a fight against Wilfried Rühl, 1962

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

  1. ^ 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 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Clement Quartey - Me Firi Ghana". mefirighana.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  3. ^ Adam, Hakeem (2 February 2017). "10 Things You Didn't Know About Ghana's Best Boxers".
  4. ^ "Clement Quartey". GhanaNation Online. 13 September 2013. Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  5. ^ Okine, Sammy Heywood (27 January 2018). "Clement Isaac "Ike" Quartey - The First Ghanaian To Win An Olympic Games Medal".
  6. ^ "Clement Quartey - BoxRec". boxrec.com.


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