Patrick López
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| Full name | Patrick Adelis López Rojas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "El Elegante" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Venezuela | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 March 1978 Tinaco, Cojedes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Light Welterweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Patrick López (born 17 March 1978) is a Venezuelan professional boxer. As an amateur, he competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. He also won gold medals at the Pan American Games, Central American and Caribbean Games and South American Games.
Amateur career
[edit]López began fighting at age 10.[1] He is a southpaw who won the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games and the 2003 Pan American Games.
Olympic results
[edit]He represented his country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia.
- 2000 Sydney (as a Lightweight)
- Defeated Norman Schuster (Germany) 24-10
- Lost to Alexandr Maletin (Russia) RSC 3
- 2004 Athens (as a Light Welterweight)
- Lost to Michele di Rocco (Italy) 30-37
Professional career
[edit]Nicknamed El Elegante, he turned professional on 13 December 2004.
Professional record
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References
[edit]- ^ Tessitore, Joe (12 June 2008). "'El Elegante' bringing savvy back in fight against Gallardo". ESPN (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
External links
[edit]- Boxing record for Patrick López from BoxRec (registration required)
- sports-reference
63,5 kg (1955–1999) · 64 kg (2003–) | |
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Categories:
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Light-welterweight boxers
- Boxers at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers for Venezuela
- Venezuelan male boxers
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Venezuela
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela
- Pan American Games medalists in boxing
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Venezuela
- Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
- South American Games gold medalists for Venezuela
- South American Games medalists in boxing
- Competitors at the 2002 South American Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in boxing
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
- People from Cojedes (state)
- Southpaw boxers
- 21st-century Venezuelan sportsmen