Michael Michaelsen

Michael Jacob Michaelsen, listed in Olympic records as Jakob Michaelsen, was a Danish heavyweight boxer born on 11 April 1899 in Sundbyerne, Amager, and died on 13 August 1970 in Frederiksberg. He represented Denmark at the 1928 Summer Olympics, where he won the bronze medal in the heavyweight class after winning the third-place bout against Sverre Sørsdal. Michaelsen also medalled at the European Amateur Boxing Championships: he took third place in 1927 and then won the continental title in 1930, defeating Sweden's Bertil Molander in the final. He was Jewish. In total he won three medals at major championships: an Olympic bronze, a European bronze and a European gold.