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]

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Vasile Tiţă

Personal information
Nickname	Blue eyes
Born	(1928-02-21)21 February 1928 Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
Died	24 June 2013(2013-06-24) (aged 85) Bucharest, Romania
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Club	Steaua București
Medal record Representing  Romania Romania National Amateur Boxing Championships 1950 Bucharest -67 kg 1951 Bucharest -71 kg 1952 Bucharest -71 kg 1953 Galați, Brașov and Bucharest -71 kg 1954 Bucharest -75 kg 1955 Bucharest -71 kg 1956 Bucharest -71 kg 1957 Bucharest -71 kg Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki -75 kg

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Vasile Tiţă competed in the 1952 Helsinki Olympic boxing tournament as a middleweight. He was a silver medalist. Here are his results:

• First Round: defeated William Bernard Tynan Duggan of Ireland by a third-round disqualification.
• Second Round: defeated Nelson de Paula Andrade of Brazil by a second-round disqualification.
• Quarterfinal: defeated Walter Sentimenti of Italy by a third-round TKO.
• Semifinal: defeated Boris Nikolov of Bulgaria on a unanimous decision.
• Final: Lost to Floyd Patterson of the United States by a first-round knockout.