Cosimo Pinto

Cosimo Pinto (born 14 March 1943) is an Italian retired Amateur boxer who won a gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

1964 Olympic record Below are the results of Cosimo Pinto, as a light heavyweight boxer at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo:

Round of 16: defeated Rudie Lubbers (Netherlands) via points decision Quarterfinal: defeated Jurgen Schlegel (Unified Team of Germany) via points decision Semifinal: defeated Alexander Nicolov (Bulgaria), referee stopped the contest Final: defeated Aleksei Kiselyov (Soviet Union) via points decision

Later career Pinto won two Italian boxing championships. The first was in 1965 and the second in 1967. He was a bronze medal winner at the 1967 European Championships held in Rome. In 1968, right before the Olympics, Pinto retired from boxing at the age of 25.