Marcelino Bolivar

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Marcelino Bolivar

Personal information

Born

July 14, 1964

Medal record

Men’s Boxing
Competitor for Venezuela
Olympic Games
Bronze	1984 Los Angeles	Light Flyweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
Bronze	1986 Santiago	Light Flyweight

José Marcelino Bolivar (born July 14, 1964 in Ciudad Bolívar) is a retired minimumweight boxer from Venezuela, who won the bronze medal in the flyweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He also represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Olympic results

1984

Defeated Nelson Jamili (Philippines) 5-0
Defeated Agapito Gómez (Spain) 4-1
Defeated Carlos Motta (Guatemala) 5-0
Lost to Paul Gonzales (United States) 5-0

1988

1st round bye
Lost to Jesus Beltre (Dominican Republic) 4-1

Pro career

Bolivar made his professional debut on July 28, 1989, and ran into his first defeat after ten consecutive wins against countryman Juan Antonio Torres in the fight for the WBA Fedelatin Light Flyweight Title. Bolivar ended his professional career in 1994, after 21 fights (seventeen wins, four defeats).

External links

Professional boxing record for Marcelino Bolivar from BoxRec

v t e Venezuela medal winners at the Olympic Games

1 ! Gold	Francisco Rodriguez (1968) Ruben Limardo (2012)

2 ! Silver	Pedro Gamarro (1976) Bernardo Piñango (1980)

3 ! Bronze	Arnoldo Devonish (1952) Enrico Forcella (1960) Marcelino Bolivar (1984) Omar Catari (1984) Rafael Vidal (1984) Adriana Carmona (2004) Israel José Rubio (2004) Dalia Contreras (2008)

Persondata
Name	Bolivar, Marcelino
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Short description	Boxer
Date of birth	July 14, 1964
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