Stephen Michael Halaiko (December 27, 1908 in Auburn, NY – February 6, 2001) was an American

United States

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 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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Amateur career

Halaiko was the U.S. AAU Champion at 135 lbs in 1928 and 1929.

In 1928 he won the silver medal in the lightweight class after losing the final against Carlo Orlandi

Carlo Orlandi

Carlo Orlandi was an Italian boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he won the gold medal in the lightweight class after winning the final against Stephen Halaiko.Orlandi was a deaf-mute....

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Olympic results

• Defeated Tomas Poetsch (Czechoslovakia) points
• Defeated Witold Majchrzycki
  Witold Majchrzycki
  Walter Witold Majchrzycki was a Polish boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was born in Berlin, German Empire and died in Poznań....
  
   (Poland) points
• Defeated Pascual Bonfiglio
  Pascual Bonfiglio
  Pascual Bonfiglio was an Argentine boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the lightweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming silver medalist Stephen Halaiko....
  
   (Argentina) points
• Defeated Gunnar Berggren
  Gunnar Berggren
  Gunnar A. E. Berggren was a Swedish boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he won the bronze medal in the lightweight class after winning the third place fight against Hans Jacob Nielsen....
  
   (Sweden) points
• Lost to Carlo Orlandi
  Carlo Orlandi
  Carlo Orlandi was an Italian boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he won the gold medal in the lightweight class after winning the final against Stephen Halaiko.Orlandi was a deaf-mute....
  
  (Italy) points

Halaiko died on February 6, 2001 at the age of 92.

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