Vincenzo Mangiacapre (born 17 January 1989 in

Marcianise Marcianise is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Caserta, Campania, southern Italy. History In the area of the commune of Marcianise numerous tombs of Etruscan and Roman age have been excavated, although Oscan elements should have pre-exis ...

) is an Italian light welterweight amateur boxer, who won bronze at the

2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships The 2011 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan from September 22 to October 10, 2011. The competition ran under the supervision of the world's governing body for amateur ...

and the 2012 Olympics.

Biography

In June he won Bronze at the 2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships where he lost to Thomas Stalker. At the

in September he beat three opponents before losing to

Éverton Lopes Éverton dos Santos Lopes (born August 8, 1988 in Salvador, Bahia) is a Brazilian professional boxer best known for his sensational 2011 World title win when he was still an amateur. Lopes is also a two-time Olympian, two-time Pan American G ...

7:16. He qualified for the Olympics. At the Olympics (results) he beat Gyula Káté 20:14 and

Daniyar Yeleussinov Daniyar Maratovich Yeleussinov (born 13 March 1991) is a Kazakh professional boxer. As an amateur he competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, winning a gold medal in 2016. He also won gold medals at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games; the 2013 Wo ...

16:12 but lost to Cuban star

Roniel Iglesias Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo (born 14 August 1988) is a Cuban boxer, best known for winning the junior world title at lightweight in 2006, a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and a gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. ...

8:15 in the semifinal and won bronze.

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* * * * 1989 births Living people Light-welterweight boxers Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from Marcianise Sportspeople from the Province of Caserta Italian male boxers Boxers at the 2015 European Games European Games silver medalists for Italy European Games medalists in boxing AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2019 European Games Boxers of Fiamme Azzurre 21st-century Italian people {{Italy-boxing-bio-stub