Gualberto Mauro Cía Montañero (3 July 1919 – 3 January 1990) was an Argentine boxer and actor. He was born in

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. At the age of 29, when he was an assistant officer at the

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, Cía qualified for the

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held in

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in the light heavyweight classification. In a campaign marked by increasing injuries, Cía managed to attain the bronze medal despite the coaching staff not wanting to clear him for the third-place match, as he had two swollen

black eye A periorbital hematoma, commonly called a black eye or a shiner (associated with boxing or stick sports such as hockey), is bruising around the eye commonly due to an injury to the face rather than to the eye. The name refers to the dark-colo ...

s, cuts in the cheeks and eyebrows, and a right hand so swollen the boxing glove did not fit. Afterwards, Cía had no interest in becoming a professional boxer, retiring to take care of his sick mother while also becoming a sparring partner for

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. After a brief acting career in the boxing-themed films ''Su última pelea'' (1949), ''Diez segundos'' (1949) and ''Nace un campeón'' (1952), Cía unsuccessfully attempted to qualify for the 1956 Summer OlympicsMartin, Enrique.
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'. pp.112-3 Cía is deceased.

1948 Olympic record

* Round of 32: defeated

Hennie Quentemeijer Heinrich ("Hennie" or "Henk") Quentemeijer (1 January 1920 in Rheine, Germany – 22 April 1974 in Sydney, Australia) was a heavyweight boxer, who represented the Netherlands at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. There he was ...

(Netherlands) on points * Round of 16: defeated Felipe Posse (Uruguay) by disqualification in the third round * Quarterfinal: defeated Franciszek Szymura (Poland) on points * Semifinal: lost to George Hunter (South Africa) on points * Bronze Medal Bout: defeated Adrian Holmes (Australia) referee stopped contest in the third round (was awarded bronze medal)

References

External links

*
Mauro Cía's profile at Sports Reference.com
1919 births 1990 deaths Light-heavyweight boxers Olympic boxers for Argentina Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in boxing Argentine male boxers Boxers from Buenos Aires Male actors from Buenos Aires Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics {{Argentina-boxing-bio-stub