Thyge Petersen was born on 28 May 1902 in
Horsens, Denmark. In 1922 he won the regional championship for
Jutland as a
middleweight. The following year he won the Danish championship in the light heavyweight division and in 1924 he won the regional Jutland-championship as well as the Danish championship. Later in 1924 he won a
silver medal in
boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics in
Paris, losing against the British boxer
Harry Mitchell in the final bout. After the Olympics Thyge Petersen remained an amateur boxer and won the regional Jutland championship three times (1925–26 and 1928) and the Danish championship four times (1925, 1927–28 and 1930. In 1926 he won the Danish championship as a
heavyweight. He also won the
Amateur Boxing Association of England 1926
heavyweight title. Thyge Petersen participated in the
1925 European Amateur Boxing Championships and the
1930 European Amateur Boxing Championships and won the European championship in light heavyweight on both occasions. Winning two European championships, an olympic silver medal, 7 national and 4 regional championships, Thyge Petersen is one of the most successful Danish amateur boxers. While he was an amateur boxer, he worked as a police officer. Later in life he had a small cornerstore in
Odense. He died on 1 January 1964. ==References==