Lars Myrberg
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | Lars Mikael Myrberg |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Stockholm, Sweden | 23 November 1964
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Boxing |
Weight class | Light Welterweight |
Club | Djurgårdens IF |
Medal record |
Lars Mikael Myrberg (born 23 November 1964) is a Swedish former boxer who won a light welterweight bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Myrberg represented Djurgårdens IF.[1]
1988 Olympic record
[edit]Below is the record of Lars Myrberg, a Swedish light welterweight boxer who competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics:
- Round of 64: defeated Handhal al-Harithy (Oman) referee stopped contest in first round
- Round of 32: defeated Ahmed Khanji (Syria) by decision, 4-1
- Round of 16: Defeated Howard Grant (Canada) by decision, 4-1
- Quarterfinal: defeated Humberto Rodriguez (Mexico) by first-round knockout
- Semifinal: lost to Grahame Cheney (Australia) by decision, 0-5 (was awarded bronze medal)
Professional career
[edit]Myrberg turned pro in 1996 and fought only one bout. He defeated Shaba Edwards by technical knockout in a bout held in Denmark. Myrberg retired with a record of 1-0-0.
References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Boxing record for Lars Myrberg from BoxRec (registration required)
- sports-reference
Categories:
- 1964 births
- Olympic boxers for Sweden
- Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Welterweight boxers
- Living people
- Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
- Boxers from Stockholm
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Swedish male boxers
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Swedish people
- Djurgårdens IF boxers
- Swedish boxing biography stubs
- Swedish Olympic medalist stubs