Ulderico Sergo (

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, 20 February 1967) was a

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from

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, who won the

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. He defeated

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of the United States by decision in the final. He was part of the Italian team which won the international boxing event at

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on 9 June 1937.Bill Farrell ''Cradle of Champions: 80 Years of New York Daily News Golden Gloves'' 2007- Page 21 "The Italian team, featuring 1936 Olympic featherweight champion Ulderico Sergo, won the match 6-5. With the winds of war starting to blow, the planned 1938 rematch in Italy was cancelled and the international matches were no more."

Olympic results

Below are the results of Ulderico Sergo, an Italian bantamweight boxer, who competed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: * Round of 32: bye * Round of 16: defeated Frigyes Kubinyi (Hungary) on points * Quarterfinal: defeated Joseph Cornelis (Belgium) on points * Semifinal: defeated Stig Cederberg (Sweden) on points * Final: defeated

(United States) on points (won gold medal)

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1913 births 1967 deaths Olympic boxers of Italy Bantamweight boxers Olympic gold medalists for Italy Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics People from Rijeka Sportspeople from Rijeka Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Italian emigrants to the United States Italian male boxers {{Italy-Olympic-medalist-stub