Bruno Visintin (23 November 1932 – 11 January 2015) was a

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from

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. He was born in

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. Visintin was a Light Welterweight (140 lb/63.5 kg) Olympic Bronze Medalist at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. In 1951 he won the

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in Milan. He died at the age of 82 in January 2015 at a hospital in La Spezia.

1952 Olympic results

Below is the record of Bruno Visintin, an Italian light welterweight boxer who competed at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics: * Round of 32: defeated Ernesto Porto (Philippines) by a second-round knockout * Round of 16: defeated Juan Curet Alvarez (Puerto Rico) by decision, 3-0 * Quarterfinal: defeated Terence Milligan (Ireland) by decision, 3-0 * Semifinal: lost to Charles Adkins ((United States) by decision, 0-3 (was awarded bronze medal)

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* 1932 births 2015 deaths Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in boxing Italian male boxers Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 1951 Mediterranean Games Light-welterweight boxers Sportspeople from La Spezia {{Italy-boxing-bio-stub