Ján Franek (born 14 April 1960 in 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.
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| Born | 14 April 1960 (age 64) Žilina, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Olympic results
edit- 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
edit- "Ján Franek". databaseOlympics.com.[permanent dead link]
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ján Franek". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- "Otci se už nedá pomoci, říká dcera bezdomovce a nová Miss Slovensko" [Father can no longer be helped, says daughter of homeless man and new Miss Slovakia]. iDNES.cz (in Czech). 19 April 2009.
External links
edit- Boxing record for Ján Franek from BoxRec (registration required)
- Ján Franek at Olympedia (archive)
- Ján Franek at Olympics.com
- Ján Franek at Olympijskytym.cz (in Czech)
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