Clement Quartey

Clement Quartey
Quartey in 1962
Personal information
NationalityGhanaian
Born(1938-04-12)12 April 1938
Accra, Gold Coast (now Ghana)
Died2 November 2024(2024-11-02) (aged 86)
United Kingdom
Sport
SportBoxing
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  Ghana
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1960 Rome Light Welterweight
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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 in Rome, Italy, thus becoming Ghana’s first Olympic medalist.[1][2][3] and the first Black African to win an Olympic medal.[4]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Clement Quartey - Me Firi Ghana". mefirighana.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  3. ^ Adam, Hakeem (2 February 2017). "10 Things You Didn't Know About Ghana's Best Boxers".
  4. ^ "Boxer Quartey becomes first black African medalist". Retrieved 8 November 2024.

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