Clement Quartey
.jpg) Quartey in 1962 | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Ghanaian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 April 1938 Accra, Gold Coast (now Ghana) | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 November 2024 (aged 86) United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Clement Isaac Quartey (12 April 1938 – 2 November 2024) was a Ghanaian boxer. He won the silver medal in the men's Light Welterweight (63.5 kg) category at the 1960 Summer Olympics. This made him Ghana’s first Olympic medalist.[1][2][3] Quartey was born in Accra, Ghana. He also won a gold medal at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.[4]
Quartey died in the United Kingdom on 2 November 2024, at the age of 86.[5]
References
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ike Quartey". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ↑ "Clement Quartey - Me Firi Ghana". mefirighana.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ↑ Adam, Hakeem (2 February 2017). "10 Things You Didn't Know About Ghana's Best Boxers".
- ↑ Okine, Sammy Heywood (27 January 2018). "Clement Isaac "Ike" Quartey - The First Ghanaian To Win An Olympic Games Medal".
- ↑ "Clement Quartey, Ghana's first Olympic medallist passes on". Citi Sports Online. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.