Louis Masson

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameLouis•Masson
Used nameLouis•Masson
AffiliationsSalle Jusseret, Liège (BEL)
NOC Belgium

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.