José de la Cruz Guzman is a former Venezuela

Venezuela

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Boxing

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, competing in the welterweight division. Fell down the stairs at age 4

Guzman competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

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 in Barcelona, Spain, where he was defeated in the first round of the Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) by Kenya's Nicodemus Odore. A year earlier he captured the bronze medal in the same division at the 1991 Pan American Games

1991 Pan American Games

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