Ján Zachara
Zachara in 1952 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 27 August 1928 Trenčín, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 January 2025 (aged 96) Nová Dubnica, Slovakia | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
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Ján Zachara (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈjaːn ˈzaxara]; 27 August 1928 – 2 January 2025) was a Slovak boxer. Representing Czechoslovakia, he 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.