Eddie Valenzuela
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Eddie Valenzuela Barillas |
| Nationality |  Guatemala |
| Born | December 22, 1982 Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Boxing |
| Weight class | Flyweight |
Eddie Valenzuela Barillas (born 22 December 1982) is a Guatemalan amateur boxer who qualified to the 2008 Olympic Games at flyweight.
Valenzuela, a native of Guatemala City, was the first Guatemalan boxer to reach the Olympics in 16 years.[1] At the Beijing Games, he lost the only fight he contested, in the round of 32, against Thai boxer Somjit Jongjohor,[2] who was the eventual gold medal winner.
In 2009 he reached the third round at the amateur world boxing championship in Milan Italy, ranking as one of the best 16 amateur boxers at the flyweight division. He also participated at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games and at the 2011 Pan American Games.
References
[edit]- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Boxing Men's Fly (51kg) Bout Result - the official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games". results.beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 16 August 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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