Josef Němec

{{short description|Czechoslovak boxer (1933–2013)}}

{{For|the footballer of the same name|Josef Němec (footballer)}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's Boxing}}

{{MedalCountry | {{TCH}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze | 1960 Rome | Heavyweight}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}

{{MedalBronze | 1957 Prague | Heavyweight}}

{{MedalBronze | 1959 Lucerne| Heavyweight}}

{{MedalGold | 1963 Moscow | Heavyweight}}

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Josef Němec (25 September 1933 – 10 September 2013){{cite web|url=http://sport.lidovky.cz/zemrel-boxer-josef-nemec-bronzovy-olympionik-z-rima-1960-pg4-/ostatni-sporty.aspx?c=A130910_210423_ln-sport-fotbal_vlh|title=Zemřel boxer Josef Němec, bronzový olympionik z Říma 1960 |date=10 September 2013|work=Lidové noviny|publisher=lidovky.cz|language=Czech|accessdate=11 September 2013}} was a boxer from Czechoslovakia.

Born in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia, he competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia, going out in the quarter-finals of the heavyweight event. He returned to the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy, again as a heavyweight boxer where he went one better, going out in the semi-final to finish in third place. In Moscow 1963 he became European champion.

Němec died in České Budějovice on 10 September 2013, aged 79.