 Francesco Musso at the 1960 Olympics | ||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Franco | |||||||||||
| Born | 22 August 1937 (age 87) Port St Louis, France | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||
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Francesco Musso (born 22 August 1937) is a retired featherweight boxer, who won a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics in Rome. The same year he turned professional and retired in 1966, with a record of 24 wins and 4 losses. He never fought for a major title, and never fought outside of Europe.
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Horace "Lefty" Gwynne was a bantamweight professional boxer from Canada, who competed in the 1930s and won the gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was still an amateur when he won the gold medal.
Paul Fritsch was a French featherweight professional boxer who competed in the early 1920s. In 1920 he became the first French boxer to win an Olympic title, defeating teammate Jean Gachet in the final, despite losing to Gachet at the national championships before the Olympics. After more than 300 amateur bouts, Fritsch turned professional in 1921. He fought approximately 100 more bouts, but never won a major title. He retired from boxing in 1929 due to a retinal detachment and became a car salesman.
Johnny Musso is an American former professional football player who was a running back for three seasons with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and in the National Football League (NFL) with the Chicago Bears. Musso played college football at the University of Alabama, where was a consensus selection on the 1971 College Football All-America Team. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000.
Kiyoshi Tanabe is a retired Japanese boxer who won a bronze medal at the 1960 Olympics.
Alfred Karl Neuland was an Estonian weightlifter. He competed in the 1920 and 1924 Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal, respectively, becoming the first Olympic gold medalist from Estonia. He won a world title in 1922, and set three ratified world records in 1920–23: one in the snatch and two in the clean and jerk.
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Väinö Kokkinen was a Finnish Greco-Roman wrestler. He won two Olympic gold medals in the middleweight category, in 1928 and 1932, and finished in fourth place in 1936. Between 1925 and 1933 he won one gold and four silver medals at the European championships as well as six national titles.
Francesco De Zanna was an Italian bobsledder and ice hockey player who competed from the 1920s to the mid 1950s. He competed in the four-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, but did not finish. He retired from competition after the 1955 World Championships in St. Moritz where he finished fourth in the two-man event.
Francesco Zucchetti was an Italian racing cyclist and olympic champion in track cycling. He won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Aldo Dezi is a retired Italian canoe sprinter who won a C-2 1000 m silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics, when he was paired with Francesco La Macchia. Their victory gave Italy its first medal in canoeing.
Jorma Johannes Limmonen was a Finnish boxer who competed in the featherweight division in the 1960 and 1964 Olympics. He won a bronze medal in 1960, losing in a semifinal to the eventual champion Francesco Musso, and was eliminated in the second bout in 1964.
Song Soon-Chun was a South Korean amateur boxer who won a silver medal at 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.
Janez Marič is a Slovenian former biathlete.
Francesco Porzio is an Italian former water polo player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Brother of Giuseppe Porzio.
Francesca Lollobrigida is an Italian speed skater. She was born in Frascati. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where she placed 23rd in the 3000 meters. Actress Gina Lollobrigida was her grand-aunt, though the two had never met. The lawyer and politician, and current Minister of Agriculture of Italy, Francesco Lollobrigida, is her cousin.
Paul Musso was a French sports shooter. He competed in the 50 metre pistol event at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Musso died on 30 June 2021, at the age of 89.
Boris Nikolayevich Nikonorov was a Russian amateur boxer who won a silver medal in the featherweight division at the 1963 European Championships. He competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, but lost in the third bout to the eventual winner Francesco Musso in a close decision (2:3). He withdrew from the 1964 Games due to an injury.
Francesco Perrone was an Italian long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Perrone was an athlete of the Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro. Perrone died from COVID-19 during the pandemic in Italy on 27 April 2020 at the age of 89.
Miloslav Paunović is a Serbian boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he lost to Francesco Musso of Italy.
1904: 115–125 lb (52.2–56.7 kg) · 1908: 116–126 lb (52.6–57.2 kg) · 1920–1928: 118–126 lb (53.5–57.2 kg) · 1932–1936: 119–126 lb (54.0–57.2 kg) · 1948: 54–58 kg · 1952–2008: 54–57kg · 2020–2024: 53–57 kg · 2024–: 52–57 kg | |
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