Oscar Casanovas
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Argentine boxer
| Casanovas on the cover of El Gráfico. | |||||||||||||
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| Born | (1914年05月15日)May 15, 1914 Avellaneda, Argentina[1] | ||||||||||||
| Died | May 1987 (aged 72–73)[1] | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Oscar Casanovas (May 15, 1914 – 1987) was an Argentine boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Amateur career
[edit ]In 1936 he won the gold medal in the featherweight class after winning the final against Charles Catterall.
Olympic results
[edit ]- 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)
References
[edit ]- ^ a b "Olympedia – Óscar Casanovas". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
External links
[edit ]- Boxing record for Oscar Casanovas from BoxRec (registration required)
- Oscar Casanovas at databaseOlympics.com
Categories:
- 1914 births
- 1987 deaths
- Featherweight boxers
- Olympic boxers for Argentina
- Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Argentina
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Argentine male boxers
- Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Avellaneda
- Boxers from Buenos Aires Province
- 20th-century Argentine sportsmen
- Argentine boxing biography stubs