Josef Němec

Q: When did Josef Němec die?

Josef Němec died on September 10, 2013.

Q: How old was Josef Němec when they died?

Josef Němec was 79 years old at the time of death.

Q: When was Josef Němec born?

Josef Němec was born on September 25, 1933.

Josef Němec (25 September 1933 – 10 September 2013) was a boxer from Czechoslovakia.

Born in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia, he competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia, going out in the quarter-finals of the heavyweight event. He returned to the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy, again as a heavyweight boxer where he went one better, going out in the semi-final to finish in third place. In Moscow 1963 he became European champion.

Němec died in České Budějovice on 10 September 2013, aged 79.