Oscar Casanovas (May 15, 1914 – 1987) was an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

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who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

Amateur career

In 1936 he won the gold medal in the featherweight class after winning the final against

Charles Catterall Charles Catterall (16 October 1914 – 1 November 1966) was a South African boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936, he won the silver medal in the featherweight class after losing the final against Oscar Casanovas of A ...

Olympic results

*Round of 32: bye *Round of 16: Defeated Åke Karlsson (Finland) points *Quarterfinal: Defeated Aleksander Polus (Poland) points *Semifinal: Defeated Dezső Frigyes (Hungary) points *Final: Defeated

(South Africa) points (won gold medal)

External links

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Oscar Casanovas at databaseOlympics.com
1914 births 1987 deaths Featherweight boxers Olympic boxers for Argentina Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Argentina Olympic medalists in boxing Argentine male boxers Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics {{Argentina-boxing-bio-stub