14 Facts About Johan Linde

Johan Linde represented Australia at the 2012 London Olympic Games in the super heavyweight division.

Johan Linde is the current Australian National Boxing Federation South Australian Heavyweight champion.

Johan Linde started boxing at the age of 15 at the ASG Boxing Club in Adelaide under the tutelage of Colin Betty and Paul Totalis Snr.

Johan Linde holds degrees in economics and commerce with a major in accounting from the University of Adelaide and had a career in government finance before being appointed economic advisor to the NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet in 2020.

Johan Linde was a director of Boxing Australia for four years.

Johan Linde started boxing in 2001 and was crowned South Australian heavyweight champion in 2003 and 2004.

In 2009, Johan Linde returned to the boxing gym and fought competitively for the first time in six years in 2010, moving up to the super heavyweight division.

Johan Linde went on to win the 2012 Australian and regional 2012 Oceania titles to qualify for the 2012 London Olympic Games, beating the highly rated Tongan Junior Fa in the final, who in turn had beaten Joseph Parker in the semi-final.

One week later, Linde suffered a TKO against Anthony Joshua at the 2012 A Socikas Tournament in Lithuania, the first stoppage in his career.

Johan Linde lost in the round of 16 at the London Olympics to Chinese super heavyweight Zhilei Zhang, who was the silver medallist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the same weight division.

Johan Linde was Australian team captain at the 2013 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Johan Linde retired from amateur boxing in 2014 to resume his career and was active in helping boxers with both training and promotion.

Johan Linde was a director of Boxing Australia, chairman of the Boxing Australia Athletes Commission and National Federation representative for boxing with the Australian Olympic Committee.

Johan Linde fought for the Australian National Boxing Federation Australasian Heavyweight Title against Stevan Ivic in Southport, Queensland.