Bruno Visintin (23 November 1932 – 11 January 2015) was a boxer from Italy. He was born in La Spezia, Italy. Visintin was a Light Welterweight (140 lb/63.5 kg) Olympic Bronze Medalist at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. In 1951 he won the European Amateur Boxing Championships in Milan. He died at the age of 82 in January 2015 at a hospital in La Spezia.[1]

Bruno Visintin
Medal record
Men’s Boxing
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1952 Helsinki Light Welterweight
Bruno Visintin

1952 Olympic results edit

Below is the record of Bruno Visintin, an Italian light welterweight boxer who competed at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics:

  • Round of 32: defeated Ernesto Porto (Philippines) by a second-round knockout
  • Round of 16: defeated Juan Curet Alvarez (Puerto Rico) by decision, 3-0
  • Quarterfinal: defeated Terence Milligan (Ireland) by decision, 3-0
  • Semifinal: lost to Charles Adkins (United States) by decision, 0-3 (was awarded bronze medal)

References edit

  1. ^ "Boxe in lutto, è morto Bruno Visintin. Epici i suoi due incontri con Duilio Loi".

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