Rafael Iglesias (boxer)

Olympic medal record
Men's Boxing
Gold	1948 London	heavyweight

Argentino Rafael Iglesias (May 25, 1924 – January 1, 1999) was an Argentine boxer who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Amateur career

Iglesias knocks down Swedish Gunnar Nilsson in the final of the 1948 Summer Olympics.

He won the heavyweight gold medal for Argentina at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, by defeating Gunnar Nilsson of Sweden.

Olympic Boxing Champions in Men's Heavyweight

1904-1908: over 158 lb (71.7 kg), 1920-1936: over 175 lb (79.4 kg), 1948: over 80 kg 1952-1980: over 81 kg, 1984-2012: 81-91 kg

1904: Samuel Berger (USA) 1908: Albert Oldman (GBR) 1920: Ronald Rawson (GBR) 1924: Otto von Porat (NOR) 1928: Arturo Rodríguez (ARG) 1932: Santiago Lovell (ARG) 1936: Herbert Runge (GER) 1948: Rafael Iglesias (ARG) 1952: Ed Sanders (USA) 1956: Pete Rademacher (USA) 1960: Franco De Piccoli (ITA) 1964: Joe Frazier (USA) 1968: George Foreman (USA) 1972–1976–1980: Teófilo Stevenson (CUB) 1984: Henry Tillman (USA) 1988: Ray Mercer (USA) 1992–1996–2000: Félix Savón (CUB) 2004: Odlanier Solís (CUB) 2008: Rakhim Chakhkiyev (RUS) 2012: Oleksandr Usyk (UKR)