Manuel Cappai (born 9 October 1992 in

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) is an Italian

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who competed at the

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in the light flyweight division where he lost in the first round to Filipino boxer

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. Cappai won a bronze medal in the

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division at the

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. Cappai is an athlete of the

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1992 births Living people Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Italy Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Boxers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Sportspeople from Cagliari Italian male boxers Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in boxing European Games bronze medalists for Italy Boxers of Fiamme Oro Flyweight boxers 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-boxing-bio-stub