Vincenzo Picardi

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Vincenzo Picardi
Personal information
Born (1983-10-20) October 20, 1983 (age 40)
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
CountryFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Sport Boxing
Weight class Flyweight
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Beijing Flyweight
World Amateur Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Chicago Flyweight
EU Amateur Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Dublin Flyweight
European Amateur Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Moscow Flyweight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Ankara Flyweight

Vincenzo Picardi (born October 20, 1983, in Casoria) is an Italian professional boxer best known for winning bronze medals in the flyweight division at both the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Chicago and at the 2008 Olympics. [1]

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He failed to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing in third place at the 3rd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Gothenburg, Sweden.

At the 2006 European Championships he lost in the first round to favorite Samir Mammadov.

A year later at the 2007 World Championships he reached the semis, where he lost to Thai star Somjit Jongjohor (2:13).

At the Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics he again lost to Jongjohor.

At the 2009 Worlds in his own country he lost his first bout to a Mongolian.

He won the bronze medal at the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Moscow, Russia after he lost to Misha Aloyan from Russia in the Semis.

Olympic games results

2008 (as a flyweight)

2012 (as a flyweight)

World amateur championships results

2005 (as a flyweight)

2007 (as a flyweight)

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vincenzo Picardi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.