Joseph Ventaja (4 February 1930 – 11 August 2003) was a French
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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who won the bronze medal in the
featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Greco-Roman wrestling.
Boxing
Professional boxing
History
A featherweight boxer weighs in at a limit of . In the early days of the division, this ...
division at the
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...
in
Helsinki
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. He was born in
Casablanca, Morocco
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
.
1952 Olympic results
Below are the results of Joseph Ventaja who competed for France as a featherweight at the 1952 Olympic boxing tournament in Helsinki:
* Round of 32: defeated Yuri Sokolov (Soviet Union) on points, 2-1
* Round of 16: defeated Sydney Greave (Pakistan) on points, 3-0
* Quarterfinal: defeated Edson Brown (United States) on points, 3-0
* Semifinal: lost to Sergio Caprari (Italy) on points, 1-2 (was awarded bronze medal)
Pro career
Ventaja began his career as a professional in 1956 and won his first 11 fights. He retired in 1958 after a loss to
Epiphane Akono.
External links
Joseph Ventaja's profile at databaseOlympics*
1930 births
2003 deaths
Sportspeople from Casablanca
Featherweight boxers
Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for France
Olympic bronze medalists for France
Olympic medalists in boxing
French male boxers
Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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