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Gavino Matta

1910 - 1954

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Gavino Matta (June 9, 1910 in Sassari – January 20, 1954) was an Italian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936, Matta won the silver medal in the flyweight class after losing the final fight to Willy Kaiser, the German competitor. The American, Lou Laurie, won the bronze. In the final fight for the title, Kaiser attacked Matta from the outset, forcing the tempo at close quarters and keeping Matta at bay. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gavino Matta is the 1,687th most popular athlete (up from 1,888th in 2019), the 4,007th most popular biography from Italy (up from 4,170th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Italian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gavino Matta ranks 1,687 out of 6,025. Before him are Harold Whitlock, Nathaniel Cartmell, Eric Verdonk, Edward Archibald, Nina Dumbadze, and Maria Golubnichaya. After him are Dieter Grahn, Max Emmerich, Antonio Siddi, Gordon Pirie, Johannes van Dijk, and Anders Hylander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Gavino Matta ranks 353. Before him are Károly Takács, Grațian Sepi, Henri Louveau, Lucky Dube, Gerd Hornberger, and Gordon B. Hinckley. After him are Lien Gisolf, Tom Richards, Jack Lovelock, Georg Johansson, Peter Hirt, and Gjorgji Abadžiev. Among people deceased in 1954, Gavino Matta ranks 155. Before him are Ernest Esclangon, Gladys George, Tomás Monje, Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane, Shaqe Çoba, and Erik Norberg. After him are Cornelia Sorabji, Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, John James Shepherd, William Dod, John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, and Maud Barger-Wallach.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gavino Matta ranks 4,008 out of 5,161. Before him are Carlo Giuffrè (1928), Alessandro Petacchi (1974), Riccardo Ferri (1963), Claudio Sala (1947), Friedrich Carl Alwin Pockels (1865), and Giuseppe Domenichelli (1887). After him are Virginia Raggi (1978), Ivan Basso (1977), Guido Gozzano (1883), Antonio Siddi (1923), Moreno Torricelli (1970), and Francesco Damiani (1958).

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Among ATHLETES In Italy

Among athletes born in Italy, Gavino Matta ranks 72. Before him are Paola Pigni (1945), Bruno Visintin (1932), Edera Cordiale (1920), Alberto Cova (1958), Giuseppina Leone (1934), and Emilio Lunghi (1887). After him are Antonio Siddi (1923), Romano Bonagura (1930), Maurizio Damilano (1957), Gelindo Bordin (1959), Sergio Caprari (1932), and Claudia Testoni (1915).

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