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Bruno Visintin, 82, Italian boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).
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|Bruno Visintin (23 November 1932 – 11 January 2015) was a boxer from Italy. He was born in La Spezia, Italy. Visintin was a Light Welterweight (140 lb/63.5 kg) Olympic Bronze Medalist at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. In 1951, he won the European Amateur Boxing Championships in Milan. He died at the age of 82 in January 2015 at a hospital in La Spezia.
1952 Olympic results
Below is the record of Bruno Visintin, an Italian light welterweight boxer who competed at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics:
- Round of 32: defeated Ernesto Porto (Philippines) by a second-round knockout
- Round of 16: defeated Juan Curet Alvarez (Puerto Rico) by decision, 3–0
- Quarterfinal: defeated Terence Milligan (Ireland) by decision, 3–0
- Semifinal: lost to Charles Adkins (United States) by decision, 0-3 (was awarded bronze medal)
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