Franco De Piccoli
Encyclopedia
Francesco De Piccoli (born 29 November 1937 in Mestre
, Italy
) is a former Italian
boxer
, who won the gold medal in the Heavyweight division (+ 91 kg) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
in Rome
.
Mestre
Mestre is a city part of the comune of Venice, in Veneto, northern Italy.The city is connected to Venice by a large rail and road bridge, called Ponte della Libertà ....
, Italy
Italy
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) is a former Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
boxer
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...
, who won the gold medal in the Heavyweight division (+ 91 kg) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...
in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
.
Amateur career
De Piccoli was the 1960 Italian Heavyweight Champion and in 1960 won the Olympic Gold Medal at Heavyweight in Rome 1960.Olympic results
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- Defeated Willy Venneman (Belgium) AB-1
- Defeated Andrey Abramov (Soviet Union) PTS (5-0)
- Defeated Josef NěmecJosef NemecJosef Němec is a boxer from Czechoslovakia.He competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia, going out in the quarter finals of the heavyweight event...
(Czechoslovakia) PTS (4-1) - Defeated Daan Bekker (South Africa) PTS KO-2