Óscar Molina
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Óscar Molina Casillas |
| Born | January 2, 1990 (age 34)[1] Commerce, California, U.S.[2] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Boxing |
Medal record | |
Óscar Molina Casillas (born January 2, 1990[1] in Commerce, California)[2] is a Mexican American amateur boxer who qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics. His twin brother, Javier, competed for the USA at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[3]
Career
Molina was born in Commerce, California a suburb 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Los Angeles.[2] He participated at the 2008 Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships at Guadalajara, Mexico where he obtained the gold medal.[4]
At the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games he won the silver medal losing the final to local Christian Peguero.
Later he achieved the silver medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Mexico when he lost to Cuban Carlos Banteux.[1]
In May 2012, he qualified for the London 2012 Summer Olympics after winning the silver medal at the Rio Pre-Olympic tournament where he lost to local Myke Carvalho.[5] In London, he lost in the first round to Custio Clayton of Canada.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Resultados (Results)Boxing Results - Molina Oscar
- ^ a b c "El gemelo Molina buscará este fin de semana en Guatemala, escribir una historia olímpica" (in Spanish). Comité Olímpico Mexicano. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
Óscar y Javier Molina Casillas nacieron el 2 de enero de 1990 en Commerce, California, un suburbio de apenas 12 mil 568 habitantes (según censo en el 2000), localizado a seis millas al este de Los Ángeles, California.
- ^ a b "Oscar Molina Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
- ^ AIBA Youth World Championships - Guadalajara, Mexico - October 25 - November 1 2008
- ^ Final American Olympic quota places revealed
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