Fernand Backes
Luxembourgian boxer
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| Intro | Luxembourgian boxer | |
| Places | Luxembourg | |
| is | Athlete Boxer | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 30 January 1932 | |
| Age | 92 years |
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Fernand Backes (born January 30, 1930 in Differdange) was a boxer from Luxembourg. Backes was member of the Luxembourgish Olympic team at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. After a bye in the first round of the light-welterweight division, he was eliminated in the second round by Belgian Jean-Louis Paternotte. In 2008 he was promoted to the rank of Chevalier in the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.