Manuel Vilchez

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Manuel Vilchez

Personal information

Full name

Manuel Vilchez Suárez

Nationality

Venezuela

Born

October 21, 1961

Height

1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)

Weight

54 kilograms (119 lb)

Sport

Boxing

Rated at

Bantamweight

Medal record

Pan American Games
Gold	1983 Caracas	Bantamweight

Manuel Vilchez (born October 21, 1961) is a former Venezuelan boxer. At the 1984 Summer Olympics he lost in the first round of the men's bantamweight division (– 54 kg) to Uganda's John Siryakibbe. A year earlier he claimed the gold medal in the same division at the Pan American Games by defeating Pedro Nolasco of the Dominican Republic in the final.

References

Profile

v t e Pan American Boxing Champions in Men's Bantamweight

1951 – 2007: up to 54 kg 2011: up to 56 kg

1951: Ricardo González (ARG) 1955: Salvador Enriquez (VEN) 1959: Waldo Claudiano (BRA) 1963: Abel Almaraz (ARG) 1967: Juvencio Martínez (MEX) 1971: Pedro Flores (MEX) 1975: Orlando Martínez (CUB) 1979: Jackie Beard (USA) 1983: Manuel Vilchez (VEN) 1987: Manuel Martínez (CUB) 1991: Enrique Carrion (CUB) 1995: Juan Despaigne (CUB) 1999: Gerald Tucker (USA) 2003: Guillermo Rigondeaux (CUB) 2007: Carlos Cuadras (MEX) 2011: Lázaro Álvarez (CUB)

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Name	Vilchez, Manuel
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Short description	Venezuelan boxer
Date of birth	October 21, 1961
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