Oscar Casanovas

Oscar Casanovas (May 15, 1914 – 1987) was an Argentine boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Amateur career

In 1936 he won the gold medal in the featherweight class after winning the final against Charles Catterall.

Olympic boxing champions in Men's Featherweight

1904: 115–125 lb (52.2–56.7 kg), 1908: 116–126 lb (52.6–57.2 kg), 1920–1928: 118–126 lb (53.5–57.2 kg), 1932–1936: 119–126 lb (54.0–57.2 kg), 1948: 54–58 kg 1952–2008: 54–57 kg

1904: Oliver Kirk (USA) 1908: Richard Gunn (GBR) 1912: not held 1920: Paul Fritsch (FRA) 1924: Jackie Fields (USA) 1928: Bep van Klaveren (NED) 1932: Carmelo Robledo (ARG) 1936: Oscar Casanovas (ARG) 1948: Ernesto Formenti (ITA) 1952: Ján Zachara (TCH) 1956: Vladimir Safronov (URS) 1960: Francesco Musso (ITA) 1964: Stanislav Stepashkin (URS) 1968: Antonio Roldán (MEX) 1972: Boris Kuznetsov (URS) 1976: Ángel Herrera (CUB) 1980: Rudi Fink (GDR) 1984: Meldrick Taylor (USA) 1988: Giovanni Parisi (ITA) 1992: Andreas Tews (GER) 1996: Somluck Kamsing (THA) 2000: Bekzat Sattarkhanov (KAZ) 2004: Aleksei Tishchenko (RUS) 2008: Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR)

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