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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. He died aged 85 after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for a decade.

== Olympic games results ==
'''1952''' (as a middleweight)
*Defeated [[William Bernard Tynan Duggan]] (Ireland) DQ 3
*Defeated [[Nelson de Paula Andrade]] (Brazil) DQ 2
*Defeated [[Walter Sentimenti]] (Italy) TKO 3
*Defeated [[Boris Nikolov]] (Romania) 3-0
*Lost to [[Floyd Patterson]] (United States) KO by 1 (gold medal match)

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[[Category:Olympic Silver Medalists]]
[[Category:Romanian Olympians]]
[[Category:1952 Olympians]]
[[Category:2013 Deaths]]

Vasile Tiţă - Revision history

Matt: Matt moved page Vasile Tita to Vasile Tiţă

Matt: Created page with "'''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..."