Pedro Gamarro Explained

Pedro Gamarro
Fullname:Pedro José Gamarro
Weight Class:Welterweight
Birth Date:8 January 1955
Birth Place:Machiques, Zulia
Death Place:Maracaibo, Zulia
Height:1.780NaN0
Weight:67kg (148lb)

Pedro Gamarro (January 8, 1955 – May 7, 2019) was a Venezuelan amateur boxer.

Gamarro represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There, he won the silver medal in the welterweight division (– 67 kg) after having lost to Jochen Bachfeld of East Germany in the final. Gamarro's medal was the only one won by the South American nation in Montreal.

A year earlier, Gamarro had won a bronze medal at the 1975 Pan American Games. In between, he also won a bronze medal at the 1983 Pan American Games held in his home country.

Gamarro died in 2019 at the age of 64.[1]

1976 Olympic results

Below are the results of Gamarro at the 1976 Montreal Olympics:

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.wbaboxing.com/es/noticias-de-boxeo/amb-lamenta-el-fallecimiento-de-pedro-gamarro#.XNXZpOVKjHY Obituary