Bohumil NEMECEK

Bohumil Němeček started in sports as a hockey player, but turned to boxing in 1955. He was Czech champion in 1959 and 1960 and won the gold medal in light-welterweight boxing at the 1960 Rome Olympics. In 1963 he won a bronze at the European Championships and won that title in 1967. Němeček also competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics. After his boxing career ended he worked as a coach and bus driver. He suffered a stroke in 2000 and was thereafter in poor health until his death in 2010.