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Name
  
Nicholas Gargano

Role
  
Boxer


Martial art
  
Boxing

Division
  
Welterweight

Olympic medals
  
Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics - Welterweight

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Nicholas "Nick" Gargano (1 November 1934 – 28 March 2016) was an English boxer, who won the bronze medal in the welterweight division (– 67 kg) at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Two years earlier he captured the gold medal in the same weight category at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.

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Amateur career

Gargano was the ABA Welterweight champion in 1954, 1955, and 1956.

Olympic results

  • Defeated Eduard Borysov (Soviet Union) points
  • Defeated Francisco Gelabert (Argentina) points
  • Lost to Nicolae Linca (Romania) points
  • References

    Nicholas Gargano Wikipedia