Patrick López
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Patrick López is a light-welterweight boxer
from Venezuela
. He won the gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games
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in Sydney, Australia.
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 Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
. He won the gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games
Boxing at the 2003 Pan American Games
The Men's Boxing Tournament at the 2003 Pan American Games was held in the Carlos Teo Cruz Boxing Coliseum in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from August 8 to August 15....
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Amateur
Lopez is a southpaw who won the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games and the 2003 PanAm Games.Olympic results
He represented his country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The boxing competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held over a period of sixteen days at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour...
in Sydney, Australia.
- 2000 Sydney (as a Lightweight)
- Defeated Norman SchusterNorman SchusterNorman Schuster is a boxer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Lightweight division at the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Tampere, Finland....
(Germany) 24-10 - Lost to Alexandr MaletinAlexandr MaletinAlexandr Ivanovich Maletin is a boxer from Russia best known to win the lightweight world championships 1997.-Career:Maletin won the bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia...
(Russia) RSC 3
- 2004 Athens (as a Light Welterweight)
- Lost to Michele di RoccoMichele di RoccoMichele di Rocco is a boxer from Italy, competing in the Light Welterweight division. He represented his native country at the Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and won the bronze medal at the 2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships...
(Italy) 30-37