Sergio Caprari (12 July 1932 – 12 October 2015) was an Italian
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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who won the silver 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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.
Caprari was born in
Civitacastellana in 1932. He died in 2015.
Olympic results
Below are the results of Sergio Caprari, an Italian featherweight boxer who competed at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics:
*Round of 32: bye
*Round of 16: Defeated
Pentti Niinivuori (Finland) by decision, 2–1
*Quarterfinal: Defeated
Leszek Drogosz
Leszek Melchior Drogosz (6 January 1933 – 7 September 2012) was a Polish boxer and actor.
Drogosz was born in Kielce. He thrice won the gold medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships in the Light welterweight division ...
(Poland) by decision, 3–0
*Semifinal: Defeated
Joseph Ventaja (France) by decision, 2–1
*Final: Lost to
Ján Zachara (Czechoslovakia) by decision, 1–2 (was awarded silver medal)
References
External links
Olympic DB*
1932 births
Featherweight boxers
Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers of Italy
Olympic silver medalists for Italy
2015 deaths
Olympic medalists in boxing
Italian male boxers
Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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