José Villanueva

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José Villanueva

Personal information

Born

March 19, 1913

Died

1983

Medal record

Men's Boxing
Competitor for the Philippines
Olympic Games
Bronze	1932 Los Angeles	Bantamweight

José Luis Villanueva (March 19, 1913 – 1983) was an amateur boxer from the Philippines who represented his country at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. Born in Binondo, Manila, he won the bronze medal in the bantamweight class after winning the fight for third place against Joseph Lang.

His son, Anthony Villanueva, also became a boxer, and won a silver medal during the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

References

v t e 1932 Olympic Bronze Medalists Boxing

Bruno Ahlberg (FIN) Nathan Bor (USA) Allan Carlsson (SWE) Frederick Feary (USA) Peter Jørgensen (DEN) Ernest Peirce (RSA) Louis Salica (USA) José Villanueva (PHI)

Persondata
Name	Villanueva, Jose
Alternative names
Short description	Olympic boxer
Date of birth	March 19, 1913
Place of birth
Date of death	1983
Place of death

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