Ernesto Formenti
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Ernesto Formenti (2 August 1927 – 5 October 1989) was an Italian
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who won the gold medal in the
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division at the
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Amateur career

Formenti defeated Dennis Shepherd of South Africa in the final to become the featherweight gold medalist at the 1948 London Olympic Games. He was born in
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1948 Olympic results

Below are the Olympic results of Ernesto Formenti, a featherweight boxer who competed for Italy at the 1948 Olympic Games in London: * Round of 32: defeated Béla Farkas (Hungary) on points * Round of 16: defeated Kevin Martin (boxer) (Ireland) on points * Quarterfinal: defeated
Armand Savoie Armand Savoie (9 December 1929 – 18 May 1988) was a Canadian boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London ...
(Canada) on points * Semifinal: defeated
Aleksy Antkiewicz Aleksy Antkiewicz (12 November 1923 – 3 April 2005) was a Polish boxer. He won two Olympic medals for Poland: bronze in London 1948 in featherweight division (which was the only Polish medal at those Olympic Games and the first me ...
(Poland) on points * Final: defeated Dennis Shepherd (South Africa) on points (won gold medal)


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