Joseph Ventaja
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1952 Helsinki | Featherweight |
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1951 Milan | Featherweight |
Joseph Ventaja (4 February 1930 – 11 August 2003) was a French boxer who won the bronze medal in the featherweight division at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He was born in Casablanca, Morocco.
1952 Olympic results[]
Below are the results of Joseph Ventaja who competed for France as a featherweight at the 1952 Olympic boxing tournament in Helsinki:
- Round of 32: defeated Yuri Sokolov (Soviet Union) on points, 2-1
- Round of 16: defeated Sydney Greave (Pakistan) on points, 3-0
- Quarterfinal: defeated Edson Brown (United States) on points, 3-0
- Semifinal: lost to Sergio Caprari (Italy) on points, 1-2 (was awarded bronze medal)
Pro career[]
Ventaja began his career as a professional in 1956 and won his first 11 fights. He retired in 1958 after a loss to .
External links[]
- Joseph Ventaja's profile at databaseOlympics
- Boxing record for Joseph Ventaja from BoxRec
- Joseph Ventaja's profile at Sports Reference.com
Categories:
- 1930 births
- 2003 deaths
- Sportspeople from Casablanca
- Featherweight boxers
- Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers of France
- Olympic bronze medalists for France
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- French male boxers
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- French Olympic medalist stubs
- French boxing biography stubs