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Olympic medal record Men's Boxing Gold 1936 Berlin featherweight Oscar Casanovas (May 15, 1914 – 1987) was an Argentine boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Amateur career
In 1936 he won the gold medal in the featherweight class after winning the final against Charles Catterall.
Olympic results
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Åke Karlsson (Finland) points
- Defeated Aleksander Polus (Poland) points
- Defeated Dezső Frigyes (Hungary) point
- Defeated Charles Catterall (South Africa) points
External links
Olympic Boxing Champions in Men's Featherweight 1904: 115-125 lb (52.2-56.7 kg), 1908: 116-126 lb (52.6-57.2 kg), 1920-1928: 118-126 lb (53.5-57.2 kg), 1932+1936: 119-126 lb (54.0-57.2 kg), 1948: 54-58 kg 1952-2008: 54-57 kg1904: Oliver Kirk (USA) • 1908: Richard Gunn (GBR) • 1920: Paul Fritsch (FRA) • 1924: Jackie Fields (USA) • 1928: Bep van Klaveren (NED) • 1932: Carmelo Robledo (ARG) • 1936: Oscar Casanovas (ARG) • 1948: Ernesto Formenti (ITA) • 1952: Ján Zachara (TCH) • 1956: Vladimir Safronov (URS) • 1960: Francesco Musso (ITA) • 1964: Stanislav Stepashkin (URS) • 1968: Antonio Roldán (MEX) • 1972: Boris Kuznetsov (URS) • 1976: Ángel Herrera (CUB) • 1980: Rudi Fink (GDR) • 1984: Meldrick Taylor (USA) • 1988: Giovanni Parisi (ITA) • 1992: Andreas Tews (GER) • 1996: Somluck Kamsing (THA) • 2000: Bekzat Sattarkhanov (KAZ) • 2004: Aleksei Tishchenko (RUS) • 2008: Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR)
Categories:- 1914 births
- 1987 deaths
- Argentine boxers
- Featherweight boxers
- Olympic boxers of Argentina
- Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Argentina
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Argentine boxing biography stubs
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