Vasile Tiţă (21 February 1928 – 24 June 2013) was a

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n amateur

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boxer. He won a silver medal at his first major international tournament, the 1952 Olympics, losing in the final to

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. After that he competed at the 1953, 1955 and 1957 European championships with the best result of reaching the quarterfinals in 1955. Domestically he won seven consecutive national titles in 1951–57, six in the 71 kg and one in the 75 kg division.Vasile Tita

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He died aged 85 after suffering from

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for a decade.Vasile Tiță
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Olympic Record

Vasile Tiţă competed in the 1952 Helsinki Olympic boxing tournament as a middleweight. He was a silver medalist. Here are his results: * First Round: defeated William Bernard Tynan Duggan of Ireland by a third-round disqualification. * Second Round: defeated Nelson de Paula Andrade of Brazil by a second-round disqualification. * Quarterfinal: defeated Walter Sentimenti of Italy by a third-round TKO. * Semifinal: defeated Boris Nikolov of Bulgaria on a unanimous decision. * Final: Lost to Floyd Patterson of the United States by a first-round knockout.

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Prisoner in the boxing ring

1928 births Olympic boxers of Romania Olympic silver medalists for Romania Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics 2013 deaths Olympic medalists in boxing Romanian male boxers Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Middleweight boxers {{Romania-boxing-bio-stub