Arto Nilsson
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1968 Mexico City | Light welterweight |
Arto Harald Nilsson (19 March 1948, Helsinki – 11 July 2019)[1] was a boxer from Finland.
He competed for Finland in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the light welterweight event where he finished in third place.
1968 Olympic results
[edit]Below is the record of Arto Nilsson, a Finnish light welterweight boxer who competed at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics:
- Round of 64: bye
- Round of 32: defeated John Olulu (Kenya) by decision, 5-0
- Round of 16: defeated Gert Puzicha (West Germany) by decision, 3-2
- Quarterfinal: defeated Petar Stoitchev (Bulgaria) referee stopped contest
- Semifinal: lost to Jerzy Kulej (Poland) by decision, 0-5 (was awarded bronze medal)
References
[edit]- ^ "Olympiamitalisti Arto Nilsson on menehtynyt". yle.fi (in Finnish). 13 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
Categories:
- 1948 births
- 2019 deaths
- Light-welterweight boxers
- Boxers from Helsinki
- Olympic boxers for Finland
- Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
- Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Finnish male boxers
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Finnish Olympic medalist stubs
- Finnish boxing biography stubs