Alfonso Pinto

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Alfonso Pinto
Personal information
Full nameAlfonso Pinto
NationalityFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Born (1978-10-04) 4 October 1978 (age 45)
Torre Annunziata, Napoli
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Weight class Light Flyweight
ClubPugilistica Oplonti
Medal record
European Amateur Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Pula Light Flyweight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Plovdiv Light Flyweight
EU Amateur Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Madrid Flyweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Cagliari Light Flyweight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Pécs Light Flyweight
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Almeíra Light Flyweight

Alfonso Pinto (born 4 October 1978) is an Italian former amateur boxer. He won silver medals at the European Championships in 2004 and 2006, both at light flyweight.

Career

Pinto won the silver medal at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula losing to Sergey Kazakov.

He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native country. He was beaten in the quarterfinals of the light flyweight (48 kg) division by Turkey's eventual runner-up Atagün Yalçınkaya.

He then repeated his silver medal win at the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships.


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