Fernando Atzori (1 June 1942 – 9 November 2020) was an Italian

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boxer who won a gold medal at the

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. In the final, he defeated

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of Poland, despite suffering an eye injury. After the Olympics, he turned professional and won the

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title in 1967. Atzori defended it nine times before losing it in 1972. He then regained it and lost again in 1973. Atzori retired from the ring in 1975.Fernando Atzori
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1964 Olympic results

Below are the results of Fernando Atzori, who competed for Italy as a flyweight boxer at the 1964 Olympics in

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. * Round of 32: bye * Round of 16: defeated Darryl Norwood (Australia) on points, 5-0 * Quarterfinal: defeated John McCafferty (Ireland) on points, 5-0 * Semifinal: defeated Robert Carmody (USA) on points, 4-1 * Final: defeated Artur Olech (Poland) on points, 4-1 (won gold medal)

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* * * 1942 births 2020 deaths People from the Province of Oristano Flyweight boxers Olympic gold medalists for Italy Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Italy Olympic medalists in boxing Italian male boxers Sportspeople from Sardinia Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics European Boxing Union champions Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy {{Italy-boxing-bio-stub