(born March 15, 1966 in
Kanagawa) is a retired
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
* Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing
*Boxer (dog), a breed of dog
Boxer or boxers may also refer to:
Animal kingdom
* Boxer crab
* Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans
* Boxer snipe ee ...
from
Japan
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, who competed for his native country at the
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
in
Barcelona, Spain
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.
Japan sent four boxers to the Barcelona Olympic Games. Nagashima competed in the Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg) division. He was defeated in the first round by
Maselino Masoe
Maselino Francis Masoe Fao (born June 6, 1966 in Apia, Western Samoa) is a retired Samoan boxer who represented American Samoa at three Olympics starting with the 1988 Summer Olympics. As a professional, Masoe made history becoming the first Sa ...
of
American Samoa
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after the referee stopped the contest due to injury.
References
Profile
1966 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Kanagawa Prefecture
Light-middleweight boxers
Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Japan
Japanese male boxers
20th-century Japanese people
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