Raúl Landini
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Raúl Athos Landini was an Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...

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He was born in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

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In 1928 he won the silver medal in the welterweight class after losing the final against Ted Morgan
Ted Morgan (boxer)
Edward "Ted" Morgan was a boxer from New Zealand, who won the gold medal in the men's welterweight division at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands....

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Olympic results

  • Defeated Thomas Lown
    Thomas Lown
    Thomas "Tommy" Lown was an American boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was born in New York City and died in Burnt Hills, New York....

     (United States) points
  • Defeated Valter Palm
    Valter Palm
    Valter Palm was an Estonian welterweight professional boxer, born in Tallinn, who competed in the 1930s.In the 1920s he took part 1924 Summer Olympics and 1928 Summer Olympics....

     (Estonia) points
  • Defeated Cor Blommers
    Cor Blommers
    Cornelis Franciscus Johannes Blommers was a welterweight boxer from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. There he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the men's welterweight division by Argentina's eventual silver medalist Raul Landini on...

     (Netherlands) points
  • Defeated Raymond Smillie
    Raymond Smillie
    Ray Lewis Nelson Smillie was a Canadian boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics where he won the bronze medal in the welterweight class after winning the third place match against Robert Galataud....

     (Canada) points
  • Lost to Ted Morgan
    Ted Morgan (boxer)
    Edward "Ted" Morgan was a boxer from New Zealand, who won the gold medal in the men's welterweight division at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands....

    (New Zealand) points
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