Bruno Visintin

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.[1]

Bruno Visintin
Medal record
Men’s Boxing
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1952 Helsinki Light Welterweight
Bruno Visintin

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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