Douglas Rodríguez (boxer)

Douglas Rodríguez
Personal information
Full name Douglas Rodríguez Gardiola
Nationality  Cuba
Born June 3, 1950 (1950-06-03) (age 61)
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 51 kilograms (110 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Flyweight

Douglas Rodríguez (born June 3, 1950) is a retired amateur boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country in the Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) category at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

There he won the bronze medal after being stopped in the semifinals by Uganda's eventual silver medalist Leo Rwabwogo. Rodríguez claimed the first ever world title in his weight division by defeating Venezuela's Alfredo Pérez in the final of the 1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Havana, Cuba.

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