Leen Jansen

Leen Jansen

Jansen in 1962
Personal information
Born	(1930-08-03)3 August 1930 Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Died	27 January 2014(2014-01-27) (aged 83) Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Club	Huizenaar, Rotterdam

Leonardus ("Leen") Eustachius Jansen (3 August 1930 – 27 January 2014) was a boxer from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the men's Middleweight (−75 kg) division by eventual winner Floyd Patterson of the United States.[1]

1952 Olympic results

Below are the results of Leen Jansen of the Netherlands who competed as a middleweight at the 1952 Olympic boxing tournament in Helsinki:

• Round of 32: bye
• Round of 16: defeated Robert Malouf (Canada) by technical knockout in the first round
• Quarterfinal: lost to Floyd Patterson (United States) by knockout in the first round

After the Summer Olympics Jansen became a professional. He boxed a total 71 matches, of which he won 60 (27 KOs). His last fight was on 2 October 1967 in his home town of Rotterdam, where he was defeated on points by Johnny Halafihi of Tonga.[2]

Since 1980 he lived in Sint-Maartensdijk with his daughter and dog. There he taught boxing through his 80s.[3] On 27 January 2014, Jansen died in the hospital of Bergen op Zoom at the age of 83.[4]

References

1. Leen Jansen. sports-reference.com
2. Boxing record for Leen Jansen from BoxRec (registration required)
3. Tonny Bogers (25 March 2013) Bokslegende Leen Jansen Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. 4tography.nl
4. "Leen Jansen, Olympian and Former Pro Passes at 83".