César Villarraga
Medal record | ||
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Men’s Boxing | ||
Competitor for Colombia | ||
South American Games | ||
Gold | 2010 Medellin | Lightweight |
César Andres Villaraga (born September 22, 1985[1]) is a Colombian amateur boxer at lightweight best known to win the South American Games in 2010 and to qualify for the 2012 Olympics.
At the 2010 South American Games he made good use of home advantage to beat Hector Manzanilla and Eric Bandega before even defeating the future World Champion Everton Lopes. He never could repeat that success. At the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games he won Silver.
At the 2011 Pan American Games he lost his very first bout against Angel Suarez. At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he again lost in the first round to Javkhlan Bariadi.
At the Olympic qualifier he won two fights to qualify, then lost to Roniel Iglesias.