Fernando Atzori

Fernando Atzori
Personal information
Full name Fernando Atzori
Nationality  Italy
Born June 1, 1942 (1942-06-01) (age 69)
Ales, Province of Oristano
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight 51 kilograms (110 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Flyweight

Fernando Atzori (born 1942-06-01 in Ales, Province of Oristano) is a former professional boxer, and olympic boxing gold medalist from Italy.

Amateur career

Atzori had an outstanding amateur career. In 1963 and 1964 he was the Italian Flyweight Champion, and in 1964 he was the Olympic Flyweight Champion. His overall Amateur record in 43 bouts was 37 wins, 3 losses, 3 draws.

Olympic results

References

1904: - 105 lb (47.6 kg), 1920-1936: - 112 lb (50.8 kg), 1948-1964: - 51 kg, 1968-2008: 48-51 kg

1904: George Finnegan (USA) • 1920: Frankie Genaro (USA) • 1924: Fidel LaBarba (USA) • 1928: Antal Kocsis (HUN) • 1932: István Énekes (HUN) • 1936: Willy Kaiser (GER) • 1948: Pascual Pérez (ARG) • 1952: Nate Brooks (USA) • 1956: Terence Spinks (GBR) • 1960: Gyula Török (HUN) • 1964: Fernando Atzori (ITA) • 1968: Ricardo Delgado (MEX) • 1972: Georgi Kostadinov (BUL) • 1976: Leo Randolph (USA) • 1980: Petar Lesov (BUL) • 1984: Steve McCrory (USA) • 1988: Kim Kwang-Sun (KOR) • 1992: Choi Chol-Su (PRK) • 1996: Maikro Romero (CUB) • 2000: Wijan Ponlid (THA) • 2004: Yuriorkis Gamboa (CUB) • 2008: Somjit Jongjohor (THA)