Primo Zamparini (born 9 February 1939) is a retired Italian

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boxer who won a silver medal at the 1960 Olympics. After winning a European bronze in 1961 he turned professional, and had a record of 16 wins (7 by knockout), 6 losses and 6 draws. He retired in 1966.

Amateur career

Highlights

European Championships (54 kg),

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, May 1959: *1/16: Bye *1/8: Defeated

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(Finland) by decision *1/4: Lost to

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(Soviet Union) by unanimous decision, 0–5

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(54 kg),

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, June 1960: *Finals: (no data available) XVII Summer Olympics (54 kg),

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, August-September 1960:Official Summaries — Boxing
United States 1960 Olympic Book, p. 98. *1/32: Bye *1/16: Defeated Panagiotis Kostarellos (Greece) by unanimous decision, 5–0 *1/8: Defeated Katsuo Haga (Japan) by unanimous decision, 5–0 *1/4: Defeated

Jerry Armstrong Jerry Lee Armstrong (June 26, 1936 – May 7, 2023) was an American amateur boxer. He competed in the bantamweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics and finished in fifth place. Armstrong served with the U.S. Army and then graduated from Id ...

(United States) by majority decision, 4–1 *1/2: Defeated Oliver Taylor (Australia) by unanimous decision, 5–0 *Finals: Lost to

(Soviet Union) by split decision, 1–3–1 European Championships (54 kg),

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, June 1961: *1/8: Defeated Miodrag Mitrović (Yugoslavia) by decision *1/4: Defeated

Gyula Török Gyula Török (24 January 1938 – 12 January 2014) was an amateur Hungarian boxer. Competing in the flyweight division he won the national title in 1957–58, a silver medal at the 1959 European Championships, and a gold medal at the 1960 Olym ...

(Hungary) by decision *1/2: Lost to Sergey Sivko (Soviet Union) by decision

Professional career

Professional boxing record

References

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1939 births Living people People from Fabriano Olympic boxers of Italy Bantamweight boxers Olympic silver medalists for Italy Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in boxing Italian male boxers Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from the Province of Ancona {{Italy-Olympic-medalist-stub