Anthony Villanueva
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Anthony N. Villanueva is an amateur boxer
from the Philippines
who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics
in the Featherweight (-57 kg)
division winning the silver medal in a lost bout against Soviet Union's
Stanislav Stepashkin
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His father, Jose Villanueva
, was also a boxer and Olympic medalist, having won a bronze during the 1932 Los Angeles Games
.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
from the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics
1964 Summer Olympics
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...
in the Featherweight (-57 kg)
Featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...
division winning the silver medal in a lost bout against Soviet Union's
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
Stanislav Stepashkin
Stanislav Stepashkin
Stanislav Ivanovich Stepashkin is an amateur boxer from the Soviet Union.Stepashkin trained at Trudovye Rezervy until 1963 and then at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. He became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1964 and was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in the...
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His father, Jose Villanueva
José Villanueva
José Luis Villanueva was an amateur boxer from the Philippines who represented his country at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics...
, was also a boxer and Olympic medalist, having won a bronze during the 1932 Los Angeles Games
1932 Summer Olympics
The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...
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