Alfredo Cornejo (boxer)
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| Full name | Alfredo Cornejo Cuevas | ||||||||||||||
| Born | June 6, 1933 (age 91) Santiago de Chile, Chile | ||||||||||||||
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Alfredo Cornejo Cuevas (born June 6, 1933) is a former Chilean boxer, who won the gold medal in the welterweight division at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago, United States.[1] In the same year he also won the world amateur welterweight title in Mexico City. He later fought four professional fights from 1961 to 1962.[2][3] As an amateur, he was three times South American Champion; as a light welterweight in Montevideo, Uruguay, 1956, and in Santiago, Chile, 1957, and as a welterweight, in Lima, Peru, 1958.[4] He also competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[5]
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2007-01-16.
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- ^ USA Boxing (2016-08-14). "Features, Events, Results | Team USA". USA Boxing. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
- ^ "Alfredo Cornejo". BoxRec. 2013-07-13. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alfredo Cornejo Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
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