Pedro Gamarro

Infobox boxer (amateur)
boxername=Pedro Gamarro


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fullname = Pedro José Gamarro
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nationality = VEN
weight class = Welterweight
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birthdate = birth date and age|1955|1|8
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height = height|m=1.78
weight = convert|67|kg|lb
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Pedro Gamarro (born January 8, 1955) is a retired boxer from Venezuela, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, 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 he won a bronze medal at the 1975 Pan American Games.

Olympic results

*1st round bye
*Defeated Marijan Beneš (Yugoslavia) 5-0
*Defeated Emilio Correa (Cuba) RSC 3
*Defeated Clint Jackson (United States) 3-2
*Defeated Reinhard Skricek (West Germany) 3-2
*Lost to Jochen Bachfeld (East Germany) 2-3

References

* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GAMARPED01 databaseOlympics]
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/pedro-jose-gamarro-1.html sports-reference]