Lucio Grotone

{{Short description|Brazilian boxer (1928–2017)}}

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| name = Lucio Grotone

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| sport = Boxing

| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|11|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Santos, São Paulo, Brazil

| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|3|20|1928|11|9|df=yes}}

| death_place = Santos, São Paulo, Brazil

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Lucio Grotone (9 November 1928 – 20 March 2017) was a Brazilian boxer. He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/lucio-grottone-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418032508/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/lucio-grottone-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Lucio Grotone Olympic Results |access-date=18 November 2018}}

Lúcio Grottone, with Sicilian ancestry, began boxing as a teenager. He achieved the light heavyweight championship of São Paulo in 1950 and later secured the Brazilian title the same year. In 1951, he repeated these triumphs and earned a silver medal at the first Pan American Games in Buenos Aires. Though eliminated in the quarter-finals at the 1952 Olympics, he retired from boxing in 1954. Grottone then focused on his wife's family fishing business but remained active as a referee and boxing administrator. In July 2016, he proudly participated in the torch relay for the Rio Olympics, carrying the torch in his wheelchair.{{Cite web |title= |url=https://olympics.com/de/athleten/lucio-grotone}}