Antonio Castellini
Appearance
Antonio Castellini | ||||||||||||
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Born | 14 April 1951 Palermo, Italy | |||||||||||
Died | 26 August 1976 (aged 25) Palermo, Italy | |||||||||||
Nationality | Italy | |||||||||||
Other names | Nino, Miguel | |||||||||||
Statistics | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||
Boxing record | ||||||||||||
Total fights | 32 | |||||||||||
Wins | 28 | |||||||||||
Wins by KO | 14 | |||||||||||
Losses | 4 | |||||||||||
Draws | 0 | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Antonio "Nino" Castellini (14 April 1951 – 26 August 1976) was an Italian boxer who won a bronze medal at the 1971 Mediterranean Games in the light-middleweight category. Next year he competed at the Munich Olympics, but was eliminated in the first round by the eventual silver medalist Wiesław Rudkowski.[1] After the Olympics he turned professional, and won a national super welterweight title in 1974–1976.[2] He died in a motorcycle incident, aged 25.
References
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Categories:
- 1951 births
- 1976 deaths
- Italian male boxers
- Boxers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers for Italy
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
- Competitors at the 1971 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing
- Light-middleweight boxers
- Sportspeople from Palermo
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen
- Italian boxing biography stubs