Cosimo Pinto (born 14 March 1943) is a retired Italian light heavyweight boxer who won a gold medal at the 1964 Olympics. Contrary to most of his teammates he remained an amateur and later won a bronze medal at the 1967 European championships.

1964 Olympic record

Below are the results of Cosimo Pinto, an Italian light heavyweight boxer who competed at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo:

Cosimo Pinto

Round of 32: bye

Round of 16: defeated Rudie Lubbers (Netherlands) by decision, 5-0

Quarterfinal: defeated Jurgen Schlegel (Unified Team of Germany) by decision, 4-1 Semifinal: defeated Alexander Nicolov (Bulgaria) referee stopped contest Final: defeated Aleksei Kiselyov (Soviet Union) by decision, 3-2 (won gold medal)

Cosimo Pinto

References

1943 births

Light-heavyweight boxers

Living people

Olympic boxers for Italy

Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Olympic gold medalists for Italy

Olympic medalists in boxing

Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Italian male boxers

Sportspeople from Novara

Sportspeople from the Province of Novara

Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy

Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing

Competitors at the 1963 Mediterranean Games

20th-century Italian people

Cosimo Pinto