Nickname: | Cuerito |
Birth Date: | April 6, 1944 |
Birth Place: | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Death Date: | December 31, 2014 (aged 70) |
Death Place: | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Height: | 1.59m (05.22feet) |
Weight: | 54kg (119lb) |
Sport: | Boxing |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Washington Rodríguez Medina (April 6, 1944 – 31 December 2014) was a Uruguayan boxer, who won a bronze medal in the bantamweight category ( - 54 kg) at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1] [2]
Earlier in 1962 Rodríguez won a bantamweight bronze medal at the Latin American Games. After the 1964 Olympics he turned professional, and retired in 1969 with a record of five wins (four by knockout) and one loss. He then worked at the National Bank of Uruguay.[2]