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James Vincent McCourt (born 24 January 1944) is a former Irish boxer from Northern Ireland.

Jim McCourt

Medal record
Men’s boxing
Representing  Ireland
Olympic Games
	1964 Tokyo	Lightweight
European Championships
	1965 East Berlin	Lightweight
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
	1966 Kingston	Light Welterweight

McCourt won a bronze medal for Ireland in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the lightweight division. McCourt lost a controversial 3-2 decision to Russian Velikton Barannikov. Shortly after the games, McCourt defeated Olympic champion Józef Grudzień of Poland. A year later, he repeated his bronze medal performance at the 1965 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin in the same grade. In 1966, McCourt won a gold medal, representing Northern Ireland, at the Commonwealth Games in Kingston in the Light Welterweight division. McCourt was rated the number one amateur boxer in the world for four years. A master of defence and counter punching, he is inducted in the Irish Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame.

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- [en] Jim McCourt

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[fr] Jim McCourt

Jim McCourt est un boxeur irlandais né le 24 janvier 1944.

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[ru] Маккорт, Джеймс

Джеймс «Джим» Ви́нсент Макко́рт (ирл. James "Jim" Vincent McCourt; 24 января 1944, Белфаст) — ирландский боксёр лёгкой и полусредней весовых категорий, в 1960-е годы выступал за сборные Ирландии и Северной Ирландии. Бронзовый призёр летних Олимпийских игр в Токио, обладатель бронзовой медали чемпионата Европы, чемпион Игр Содружества наций, участник многих международных турниров и матчевых встреч. Включён в Ирландский зал славы любительского бокса.

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