Edgar Basel

Edgar Basel was a boxer from Germany, who won the silver medal in the flyweight division at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

Amateur career

Basel had an outstanding amateur career. He was a five time German amateur flyweight champion, and in 1955 he won the European Championship in Berlin.

Olympic results

Edgar Basel was a boxing silver medalist in the flyweight division at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Here are his results:

Round of 16: Defeated Henryk Kukier on points
Quarterfinal: defeated Torbjørn Clausen by third-round knockout
Semifinal: Defeated Anatoli Bulakov on points
Final: Lost to Nate Brooks on points

Edgar Basel competed as a flyweight boxer at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Here are his results:

Round of 32: Lost to Vladimir Stolnikov on points