Nicolo Gargano (1 November 1934 – 28 March 2016) was an English boxer, who won the bronze medal in the welterweight division (– 67 kg) at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. He fought as Nicky Gargano.

Amateur career

Gargano won the 1954, 1955 and 1956 Amateur Boxing Association British welterweight title, when boxing for the Army and later the Covent Gardens ABC. In 1954 he won the gold medal in the welterweight category at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.

Nicky Gargano

Olympic results

Defeated Eduard Borysov (Soviet Union) points

Defeated Francisco Gelabert (Argentina) points

Lost to Nicolae Linca (Romania) points

References

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1934 births

2016 deaths

English male boxers

English people of Italian descent

Welterweight boxers

Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England

Boxers at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Olympic boxers for Great Britain

Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain

Olympic medalists in boxing

Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing

England Boxing champions

Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Nicky Gargano