Hjalmar Nygaard (boxer)

Hjalmar Nygaard (12 June 1900 – died 29 October 1936 in Boston) was a Norwegian boxer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1] In 1920 he was eliminated in the first round of the bantamweight class after losing his fight to Henri Ricard. Nygaard moved to Boston in 1923, and worked as a bookbinder. He died after falling while painting a house.[2] [3]

References

  1. ^ "Hjalmar Nygaard". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Hjalmar Nygaard drept ved Ulykke". Nasjonalbiblioteket / Nordisk Tidende (in Norwegian). 3 December 1936. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hjalmar Nygaard Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2018.


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