Marcelino Bolívar
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José Marcelino Bolivar (born July 14, 1964 in Ciudad Bolívar) is a retired minimumweight boxer from Venezuela, who won the bronze medal in the flyweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He also represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
Olympic results
1984
- Defeated Nelson Jamili (Philippines) 5-0
- Defeated Agapito Gómez (Spain) 4-1
- Defeated Carlos Motta (Guatemala) 5-0
- Lost to Paul Gonzales (United States) 5-0
1988
- 1st round bye
- Lost to Jesus Beltre (Dominican Republic) 4-1
Pro career
Bolivar made his professional debut on July 28, 1989, and ran into his first defeat after ten consecutive wins against countryman Juan Antonio Torres in the fight for the WBA Fedelatin Light Flyweight Title. Bolivar ended his professional career in 1994, after 21 fights (seventeen wins, four defeats).
External links
- Boxing record for Marcelino Bolívar from BoxRec (registration required)
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- People from Ciudad Bolívar
- Flyweight boxers
- Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers of Venezuela
- Olympic bronze medalists for Venezuela
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games competitors for Venezuela
- Venezuelan male boxers
- Venezuelan boxing biography stubs
- South American Olympic medalist stubs
- Venezuelan sportspeople stubs
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists