Elio Cotena (born 30 August 1945) is an Italian

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. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, he defeated Carl-Axel Palm of Sweden, before losing to Valery Plotnikov of the Soviet Union.

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* 1945 births Living people Italian male boxers Olympic boxers for Italy Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Boxers from Naples Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 1967 Mediterranean Games Featherweight boxers 20th-century Italian people {{Italy-boxing-bio-stub