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Boxing At The 1960 Summer Olympics – Flyweight
The men's flyweight event was part of the Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics, boxing programme at the 1960 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the lightest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 51 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 25 August to 5 September 1960. 33 boxers from 33 nations competed. Competition format The competition was a straight single-elimination tournament, with no bronze medal match (two bronze medals were awarded, one to each semifinal loser). With 33 boxers competing, there was only one bout in the round of 64. Results Results of the flyweight boxing competition.Official Report, pp. 682–86. Top half Bottom half Finals References {{DEFAULTSORT:Boxing At The 1960 Summer Olympics - Flyweight Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics, Flyweight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PalaLottomatica
Palazzo dello Sport or PalaEUR, formerly known as PalaLottomatica, is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment arena in Rome, Italy. It is located in the heart of the well known modern EUR complex. The arena hosted the 1960 Olympic basketball tournaments. The venue features 8 meetings points, a restaurant for 300 people, and a 2,700 square metre (3,229 sq. yard) outdoor terrace. It has a seating capacity of 11,200 spectators for basketball games. The PalaLottomatica Rome, together with Mediolanum Forum of Milan, is a member of the European Arenas Association (EAA). History Palazzo dello Sport was designed by architect Marcello Piacentini, in 1957, and its reinforced concrete dome was engineered by Pier Luigi Nervi. It was constructed in two years, from 1958 to 1960, in time for the 1960 Summer Olympics. The facility was designed and built along with a smaller facility, the Palazzetto dello Sport, its dome also engineered by Nervi. Formerly known as PalaSport, and inform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henryk Kukier
Henryk Jerzy Kukier (1 January 1930 – 5 December 2020) was a Polish boxer. Career Kukier won the gold medal in the Flyweight class at the 1953 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Warsaw, and the bronze medal at the 1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships in West Berlin. Kukier was a Polish champion six times (1953–1957 and 1960). He competed thrice in the Boxing at the Summer Olympics (1952, 1956, 1960). Between 1951 and 1960 he was on the Polish national team and fought 35 times, winning 25 bouts and losing 10. Death Kukier was born in Lublin. He died from COVID-19 on 5 December 2020, at age 90, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland The COVID-19 pandemic in Poland was a part of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 strain of coronavirus. , Poland had a cumulative total of 6,775,116 confirmed cases (17,849 per 100,000 population), and 120,976 deaths (31 .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdel Kader Belghiti
Abdel Kader Belghiti (born 1937) is a Moroccan boxer. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he lost to Rocky Gattellari Rocco Gattellari (6 September 1941 – 23 June 2023) was an Italian–Australian boxer, Olympian, political candidate and businessman. He was the 2010 Inductee for the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame Veterans category. Olympic Games G ... of Australia. References 1937 births Living people Moroccan male boxers Olympic boxers for Morocco Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Meknes Flyweight boxers 20th-century Moroccan sportsmen {{Morocco-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Ángel Botta
Miguel Ángel Botta (10 October 1941 – 29 August 2019) was an Argentine boxer. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar .... References External links * 1940 births 2019 deaths Argentine male boxers Olympic boxers for Argentina Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1959 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games gold medalists in boxing Boxers from Buenos Aires Flyweight boxers Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games 20th-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Segundo Macalalad
Segundo Macalalad (born 1 June 1940) is a Filipino boxer. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar .... References External links * 1940 births Living people Filipino male boxers Olympic boxers for the Philippines Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics People from Lucena, Philippines Flyweight boxers 20th-century Filipino sportsmen {{Philippines-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Badrian
James Badrian (8 June 1940 – 30 July 1979) was a Rhodesian boxer. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics, representing Rhodesia Rhodesia ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was an unrecognised state, unrecognised state in Southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979. Rhodesia served as the ''de facto'' Succession of states, successor state to the .... At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he lost to Ezaria Ilkhanoff of Iran. References External links * 1940 births 1979 deaths Flyweight boxers Rhodesian male boxers South African male boxers Olympic boxers for Rhodesia Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Boxers from Johannesburg South African emigrants to Rhodesia 20th-century South African sportsmen {{Zimbabwe-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezrael Illkhanouf
Ezaria Ilkhanoff (3 July 1934 – 3 September 2019), also known as Ezrael Illkhanouf, was an Assyrian boxer, who became a member of Iran senior national Boxing team in 1955, and also a member of Tehran Taj Club, boxing in the 51 kg division. He participated as a member of the Iranian boxers at the 1958 Asian Games, in the Flyweight division, and also at the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the Flyweight division, and was also selected for the Flyweight division of the Iranian national boxing team, to participate in the 1962 Asian Games. In Tokyo 1958, Ilkhanoff won the bronze medal of the 51 kg boxing division, after losing on points to Hla Nyunt from Burma Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and ha ..., in the semifinal. Ilkhanoff died in Windsor, Pennsylvania on 3 Septe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Kisekka
Francis "Frank" Kisekka (born 22 December 1926) is an Ugandan retired amateur flyweight boxer. He competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, where he lost in the first bout to Paolo Curcetti Paolo Curcetti (8 July 1936 – 17 April 2020) was an Italian boxer. As an amateur he won the Italian flyweight title in 1957, 1959 and 1960 and competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the third bout. Between 1961 an .... References External links * 1926 births Possibly living people Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Uganda Ugandan male boxers Flyweight boxers {{Uganda-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Curcetti
Paolo Curcetti (8 July 1936 – 17 April 2020) was an Italian boxer. As an amateur he won the Italian flyweight title in 1957, 1959 and 1960 and competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the third bout. Between 1961 and 1964 he fought professionally in the bantamweight division, and had a record of 12 wins (5 by knockout), 3 losses and one draw. His younger brother Gaetano Gaetano (anglicized ''Cajetan'') is an Italian masculine given name. It is also used as a surname. It is derived from the Latin ''Caietanus'', meaning "from ''Caieta''" (the modern Gaeta). The given name has been in use in Italy since medieval per ... was also an Olympic boxer. 1960 Olympic results Below is the record of Paolo Curcetti, an Italian flyweight boxer who competed at the 1960 Rome Olympics: * Round of 64: defeated Frank Kisekka (Uganda) by decision, 5-0 * Round of 32: defeated Jo Horny (Belgium) by decision, 5-0 * Round of 16: lost to Abdel Moneim El-Gindy (Egypt) by de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Knoesen
Ralph Knoesen (26 August 1941 – 8 September 2005) was a South African boxer. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar .... At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he lost to Antoine Porcel of France in the Round of 32. References External links * 1941 births 2005 deaths South African male boxers Olympic boxers for South Africa Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Pietermaritzburg Flyweight boxers 20th-century South African sportsmen {{SouthAfrica-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Porcel
Antoine "Tony" Porcel (17 December 1937 – 22 March 2014) was a French boxer. He competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, where he was disqualified in his third bout against Sergei Sivko. In 1963 he turned professional and retired in 1973 with a record of 26 wins (11 by knockout), 25 losses and 10 draws. He was the French bantamweight champion in 1966–67 and 1970–71, and lost a 1966 match for the European flyweight title to René Libeer. He later became a boxing trainer, and died from Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease and the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events. As the disease advances, symptoms can include problems wit ... at the age 76. 1960 Olympic results Below is the record of Antoine Porcel, a French flyweight boxer who competed at the 1960 Rome Olympics: * Round of 32: defeated Ralph Knoesen (South Africa) by decision, 5-0 * Round of 16: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeong Sin-jo
Chung Shin-Cho (; born January 6, 1940) is a retired amateur boxer from South Korea. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a silver medal in the bantamweight Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports and weightlifting. For boxing, the range is above and up to . In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between . In mixed martial arts, MMA, bantamweight is . The name for the class ... in 1964. Results References * 1940 births Boxers from Seoul Flyweight boxers Bantamweight boxers Olympic boxers for South Korea Olympic silver medalists for South Korea Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic medalists in boxing Asian Games gold medalists in boxing Boxers at the 1962 Asian Games South Korean male boxers Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games boxers for South Korea Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games 20th-century Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
