Editing Pete Rademacher (section)

==Amateur career==
In his amateur career, Rademacher won 72 bouts and lost 7. He won a series of tournaments, including the 1949 and 1951–1953 [[Seattle]] [[Golden Gloves]] (he lost in 1950 to [[Zora Folley]], who was his frequent opponent throughout his boxing career), and the [[National Amateur Heavyweight Champions|US Amateur Championship]] as a [[heavyweight]] in 1953—avenging his earlier loss to Folley.

He captured the [[Chicago]] Golden Gloves, the All-[[United States Army|Army]] championship, and the [[United States military|Service]] championship in 1956, before qualifying for the [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] team.  At the [[1956 Summer Olympics|Olympics]], he captured a gold medal in the heavyweight division and served as the [[U.S. flag]] bearer at the closing ceremony.<ref name=sr/>

=== 1956 Olympic results===
* Round of 16: bye
* Quarterfinal: Defeated [[Josef Němec]] (Czechoslovakia) KO 2
* Semifinal: Defeated [[Daan Bekker]] (South Africa) KO 3
* Final: Defeated [[Lev Mukhin]] (Soviet Union) KO 1 (won gold medal)

Rademacher also attended college, playing offensive line on the [[American football|football]] team for [[Washington State University|Washington State]].