George V. Finnegan (September 28, 1881 – February 28, 1913) was an American bantamweight and flyweight boxer who competed in the early twentieth century. He died in San Francisco, California.

Finnegan won two medals in Boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics, a gold medal in the flyweight category and a silver medal against fellow American, Oliver Kirk in the bantamweight category in which he gained several pounds in several days. Finnegan remains only one of four boxers in boxing history to win two different medals at the same Games.

George Finnegan

References

External links

George Finnegan's profile at databaseOlympics

1881 births

1913 deaths

Bantamweight boxers

Flyweight boxers

Olympic boxers for the United States

Boxers at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Olympic gold medalists for the United States in boxing

Olympic silver medalists for the United States in boxing

Place of birth missing

American male boxers

Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics

George Finnegan