Ján Zachara

Ján Zachara

Zachara in 1952
Personal information
Born	(1928-08-27)27 August 1928 Trenčín, Czechoslovakia
Died	2 January 2025(2025-01-02) (aged 96)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Medal record Men's Boxing Representing  Czechoslovakia Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Featherweight

Ján Zachara (27 August 1928 – 2 January 2025) was a Czechoslovak boxer who won the gold medal in the featherweight division at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He was born in Kubrá, a borough of Trenčín, present-day Slovakia.^[1]

Zachara died on 2 January 2025, at the age of 96.^[2]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ján Zachara". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
2. "Vo veku 96 rokov zomrel bývalý slovenský boxer a olympijský víťaz Ján Zachara". Denník N (in Slovak). 2 January 2025.