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Ján Franek (born April 14, 1960, Žilina) is a retired boxer, who represented Czechoslovakia at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he won the bronze medal in the light middleweight division (– 71 kg), after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual gold medalist Armando Martínez. He is the father of 2009 Miss Slovakia Barbora Franekоvá. He was homeless after being in jail for 14 months. Then he went through couple of rehabs and now he's living in Žilina city. He played the character Franek in the 2015 film Goat.

Ján Franek

Sport
Sport	Boxing
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Czechoslovakia Summer Olympics 1980 Moscow Light Middleweight Friendship Games 1984 Havana Middleweight

Olympic results

• Defeated Benedetto Gravina (Italy) KO 2
• Defeated Zhelio Stefanov (Bulgaria) DQ 3
• Defeated Wilson Kaoma (Zambia) KO 2
• Lost to Armando Martínez (Cuba) RSC 2

References

• profile^{[permanent dead link]}
• (Czech)

На других языках

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- [en] Ján Franek

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[fr] Ján Franek

Ján Franek est un boxeur tchécoslovaque né le 14 avril 1960 à Žilina.

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[it] Ján Franek

Ján Franek (Žilina, 14 aprile 1960) è un ex pugile slovacco, fino al 1992 cecoslovacco.

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[ru] Франек, Ян

Ян Франек (словацк. Ján Franek; 14 апреля 1960, Жилина) — словацкий боксёр средних весовых категорий, выступавший за сборную Чехословакии в 1980-е годы. Бронзовый призёр летних Олимпийских игр в Москве, обладатель бронзовой медали соревнований «Дружба-84», призёр многих международных турниров и национальных первенств. В начале 1990-х годов пробовал себя на профессиональном ринге, однако большинство боёв проиграл.

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