Piero Toscani (28 July 1904 in

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– 23 May 1940) was an Italian

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who won the gold medal in the middleweight class at the 1928 Olympics, after defeating

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in the final.Piero Toscani
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1928 Olympic results

Below are the results of Piero Toscani, an Italian boxer who competed in the middleweight division of the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games: * Round of 32: bye * Round of 16: defeated Ingvard Ludvigsen (Denmark) on points * Quarterfinal: defeated Oscar Kjallander (Sweden) on points * Semifinal: defeated Leonard Stayaert (Belgium) on points * Final: defeated

(Czechoslovakia) on points (won gold medal)

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Piero Toscani
at boxrec 1904 births 1940 deaths Boxers from Milan Middleweight boxers Olympic boxers for Italy Boxers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in boxing Italian male boxers Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics {{Italy-boxing-bio-stub