Clement Quartey

Clement Isaac Quartey was a Ghanaian boxer. He won the silver medal in the men's Light Welterweight category at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, thus becoming Ghana’s first Olympic medalist. and the first Black African to win an Olympic medal.

Life and career

Better known as "Isaac" or "Ike", he was born in Accra, Ghana on 12 April 1938. Clement was an older brother of former welterweight champion Ike Quartey. He was the first 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]. Quartey died in London on 2 November 2024, at the age of 86.

Fights

Olympic games results
1960
Defeated Mohamed Boubekeur 5-0
Defeated Khalid Al-Karkhi 5-0
Defeated Kim Deuk-Bong 3-2
Defeated Marian Kasprzyk walk-over
Lost to Bohumil Nemecek 0-5