Franco Nenci (27 January 1935 – 15 May 2020) was an Italian
welterweight
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Boxe, morto il pugile livornese Franco Nenci: aveva 85 anni
Nenci represented Italy at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, winning a silver medal as a Light Welterweight
Light welterweight, also known as junior welterweight or super lightweight, is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing Professional boxing
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Olympic results
*Round of 32: Defeated Rehmat Gul (Pakistan) KO 3
*Round of 16: Defeated Willi Roth (United Team of Germany) points
*Quarterfinal: Defeated Antonio Marcilla
Antonio Marcilla (12 March 1934 – 6 August 2014) is an Argentine boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were ...
(Argentina) points
*Semifinal: Defeated Constantin Dumitrescu (Romania) points
*Final: Lost to Vladimir Yengibaryan
Vladimir Yengibaryan ( hy, Վլադիմիր Ենգիբարյան, 24 April 1932 – 1 February 2013) was a Soviet and Armenian amateur light-welterweight boxer. He was an Olympic champion, three-time European champion and three-time Soviet champ ...
(Soviet Union) points (was awarded silver medal)
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1935 births
2020 deaths
Sportspeople from Livorno
Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Italy
Olympic silver medalists for Italy
Olympic medalists in boxing
Italian male boxers
Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Light-welterweight boxers
20th-century Italian people
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