Oscar Casanovas
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Born | Avellaneda, Argentina[1] | May 15, 1914||||||||||||||
Died | May 1987 (aged 72–73)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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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
- Round of 32: bye
- Round of 16: Defeated Åke Karlsson (Finland) points
- Quarterfinal: Defeated Aleksander Polus (Poland) points
- Semifinal: Defeated Dezső Frigyes (Hungary) points
- Final: Defeated Charles Catterall (South Africa) points (won gold medal)
External links
- Boxing record for Oscar Casanovas from BoxRec (registration required)
- Oscar Casanovas at databaseOlympics.com
- ^ a b "Olympedia – Óscar Casanovas". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
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- Featherweight boxers
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- Olympic gold medalists for Argentina
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Argentine male boxers
- Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Avellaneda
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