Manuel Cappai (born 9 October 1992 in

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) is an Italian boxer who competed at the

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in the light flyweight division where he lost in the first round to

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. Cappai won a bronze medal in the

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division at the 2018 Mediterranean Games. Cappai an athlete of the

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