Clement Quartey

Clement Quartey (left) in a fight against Wilfried Rühl in 1962

Olympic medal record
Men's Boxing
	Rome 1960	Light Welterweight

Clement Quartey (born April 12, 1938 in Accra) is a former Ghanaian boxer. At the 1960 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the men's Light Welterweight (63.5 kg) category.^[1] It was Ghana's first Olympic medal in history. He also won a gold medal at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Perth, Australia.

Better known as "Isaac" or "Ike", Clement is an older brother of former welterweight champion Ike Quartey.

References

Commonwealth Boxing Champions in Men's Light Welterweight

1954 – 2002: up to 63.5 kg 2006: up to 64 kg

1954: Mickey Bergin (CAN) 1958: Henry Loubscher (RSA) 1962: Clement Quartey (GHA) 1966: Jim McCourt (NIR) 1970: Mohamed Muruli (UGA) 1974: Obisia Nwankpa (NGR) 1978: Winfield Braithwaite (GUY) 1982: Christopher Ossai (NGR) 1986: Howard Grant (CAN) 1990: Charles Kane (NZL) 1994: Peter Richardson (ENG) 1998: Michael Strange (CAN) 2002: Darren Barker (ENG) 2006: James Russan (ENG) 2010: Manoj Kumar (IND) 2014: Josh Taylor (SCO)

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