Luigi Rovati (24 November 1904 – 28 January 1989) was an Italian

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who competed in the

1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held duri ...

. He was born in

Cinisello Balsamo Cinisello Balsamo (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) of about 75,200 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region of Lombardy, about northeast of Milan city center. Cinisello Balsamo borders the following municipalities: ...

. In 1932, he was awarded the silver medal in the heavyweight class after losing the final against

Santiago Lovell Alberto Santiago Lovell (23 April 1912–17 March 1966), known as Alberto Lovell, was an Argentine heavyweight boxer, who won the gold medal in the Olympic Games in Los Angeles 1932. In his career as a professional boxer he had 88 fights winnin ...

of Argentina.

1932 Olympic boxing results

* Quarterfinal: bye * Semifinal: defeated Frederick Feary (United States) on points * Final: lost to

(Argentina) on points (was awarded silver medal)

References

Luigi Rovati at databaseOlympics

Luigi Rovati at BoxRec

External links

* * * 1904 births 1989 deaths People from Cinisello Balsamo Heavyweight boxers Olympic boxers for Italy Boxers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in boxing Italian male boxers Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Milan {{Italy-Olympic-medalist-stub