Albert Guardado (born July 11, 1973) is a retired boxer from the

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, who competed for his native country at the

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. There he was defeated in the quarterfinals of the

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division (– 48 kg) by

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's eventual bronze medalist

Oleg Kiryukhin Oleh Stanislavovych Kiryukhin ( uk, Кирюхін Олег Станіславович; born January 1, 1975, in Mariupol) is a Ukrainian boxer, who won the light flyweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Olympic results *Defeated Ab ...

Olympic results

*Defeated Healer Modiradilo (Botswana) 11-9 *Defeated

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(Madagascar) 9-4 *Lost to

(Ukraine) 14-19

Notable results

*1993 – Bronze Medal at the

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in Tampere, Finland *1995 – Bronze Medal at the Pan American Games in

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* 1973 births Living people Flyweight boxers Boxers at the 1995 Pan American Games Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for the United States Boxers from California Winners of the United States Championship for amateur boxers American male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in boxing Sportspeople from Redlands, California Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games {{US-boxing-bio-stub