Francisco de Jesus is a retired boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 from Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

, who competed in the men's light-middleweight division (– 71 kg) during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Nicknamed "Chiquinho" he represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics

Boxing at the Summer Olympics

Boxing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since its introduction to the program at the 1904 Summer Olympics, except for the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, because Swedish law banned the sport at the time. The 2008 Summer Olympics was the final games with boxing as a male only event...

, starting in 1976. In 1980 (Moscow) he was one out of four boxers; the other ones being Sidnei dal Rovere, Jaime Franco and Carlos Fonseca

Carlos Fonseca (boxer)

Carlos Antunes Fonseca is a retired boxer from Brazil, who competed in the men's middleweight division during the late 1970s and early 1980s....

. De Jesus captured the bronze medal in the light-middleweight category at the 1979 Pan American Games

1979 Pan American Games

The 8th Pan American Games were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from July 1 to July 15, 1979. The capital of Puerto Rico played host to 3,700 athletes from 34 countries competing in 22 sports, making the VIII Pan American Games the largest to date. Security was a concern due to turmoil over the...

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