Salvatore Peter Tripoli, also known as Jackie Williams (December 5, 1904
gives his birth date as November 12 – March 7, 1990) was an American

bantamweight Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports. For boxing, the range is above and up to . In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between . In MMA, bantamweight is . The name for the class is derived from bantam chickens. Bra ...

professional A professional is a member of a profession or any person who works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the particular knowledge and sk ...

boxer who competed in the 1920s. He won a

silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, et ...

for the United States at the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The o ...

in Paris, France.

1924 Olympic results

Below is the record of Salvatore Tripoli, an American bantamweight boxer who competed at the 1924 Paris Olympics: * Round of 32: defeated Carlos Usaveaga (Chile) on points * Round of 16: defeated Les Tarrant (Great Britain) on points * Quarterfinal: defeated Benjamin Pertuzzo (Argentina) on points * Semifinal: defeated Oscar Andren (Sweden) on points * Final: lost to William H. Smith (South Africa) on points (was awarded silver medal)

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1904 births 1990 deaths Bantamweight boxers Boxers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of the United States Olympic silver medalists for the United States in boxing Place of birth missing American male boxers Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics {{US-boxing-Olympic-medalist-stub