Joni Nyman

{{Multiple issues| {{BLP unreferenced|date=May 2026}} {{No significant coverage (sports)|date=May 2026}} }} {{short description|Finnish boxer}} {{Infobox sportsperson | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|5 September 1962}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's Boxing }} {{MedalCountry | {{FIN}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalBronze | 1984 Los Angeles | Welterweight }} {{MedalCompetition | European Amateur Championships }} {{MedalSilver | 1985 Budapest | Welterweight }} }}

'''Joni Nyman''' (born 5 September 1962 in Pori) is a retired boxer (pugilist) from Finland, who won a Welterweight Bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he was defeated in the quarterfinals.

== Olympic results == '''1984 – Los Angeles''' (as a welterweight) * Round of 64: bye * Round of 32: Defeated Georges-Claude Ngangue (Cameroon) by decision, 5–0 * Round of 16: Defeated Kieran Joyce (Ireland) by decision, 4–1 * Quarterfinal: Defeated Dwight Frazier (Jamaica) by decision, 5–0 * Semifinal: Lost to An Young-Su (South Korea) by decision, 2–3 (was awarded bronze medal)

'''1988''' (as a welterweight) * Defeated Manny Sobral (Canada) 4–1 * Defeated Sören Antman (Sweden) 5–0 * Defeated Dimus Chisala (Zambia) 5–0 * Lost to Kenneth Gould (United States) 0–5

==Pro career== Known as "Joltin' Joni", Nyman turned pro in 1988 and had limited success. Nyman retired in 1998 and returned in 2005 for one bout, retiring with a 14-6-1 record.

== References == * {{Boxrec|id=26480}}

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