Nicky Gargano | |
Birth Date: | 1 November 1934[1] |
Birth Place: | West Ham, Greater London, England |
Death Place: | West Clandon, Surrey, England |
Nicolo Gargano (1 November 1934 - 28 March 2016) was an English boxer, who won the bronze medal in the welterweight division ( - 67 kg) at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. He fought as Nicky Gargano.[2]
Gargano won the 1954, 1955 and 1956 Amateur Boxing Association British welterweight title, when boxing for the Army and later the Covent Gardens ABC.[3] In 1954, he won the gold medal in the welterweight category at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.[4]