Louis Masson

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameLouis•Masson
Used nameLouis•Masson
AffiliationsSalle Jusseret — Liège, LiègeBEL
NOCBelgiumBEL

Biography

Louis Masson was the Belgian amateur light heavyweight champion in 1920. A native of Liège, he was one of eight boxers from there to compete at the Olympic Games held in Antwerpen. Receiving a bye in the first round, he lost in his only match in the second round after being knocked out by Art Prud’homme of Canada. Masson was later a member of the Cercle Athlétique des Combattants Liégeois and active in wrestling and weightlifting in the early 1920s.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1920 Summer Olympics Boxing BEL Louis Masson
Middleweight, Men (Olympic) =9

Errata

Name previously listed as Antoine Masson, but newspaper reports do not support this.