Vasile Tiță
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| Nickname(s) | Blue eyes | |||||||||
| Born |
21 February 1928 Bucharest, Romania | |||||||||
| Died |
24 June 2013 Bucharest, Romania | |||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||
| Club | Steaua Bucureşti | |||||||||
Medal record
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Vasile Tiţă (21 February 1928 – 24 June 2013) was a Romanian amateur middleweight boxer. He won a silver medal at his first major international tournament, the 1952 Olympics, losing in the final to Floyd Patterson. After that he competed at the 1953, 1955 and 1957 European championships with the best result of reaching the quarterfinals in 1955. Domestically he won seven consecutive national titles in 1951–57, six in the 71 kg and one in the 75 kg division.[1] He died aged 85 after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for a decade.[2]
References
- ↑ Vasile Tita. Romanian Olympic Committee
- ↑ Vasile Tiță. Sports-reference
External links
- Prisoner in the boxing ring
- Fostul mare boxer, medaliat olimpic, Vasile Tiţă a murit la vîrsta de 85 de ani
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