Claudio "Tripa" Barrientos (born November 10, 1935, in Osorno — died May 7, 1982) was a

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, who won the bronze medal in the bantamweight (119.5 pounds) division at the 1956 Summer Olympics in

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, Australia. A year earlier he won the silver medal at the Pan American Games. His

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was ''Tripa''. Barrientos died at age 46.

Olympic results

*1st round bye *Defeated Zenon Stefaniuk (Poland) points *Defeated Eder Jofre (Brazil) points *Lost to Song Soon-Chun (South Korea) points

References

* 1935 births 1982 deaths Olympic boxers for Chile Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Chile Sportspeople from Osorno, Chile Olympic medalists in boxing Chilean male boxers Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists for Chile Pan American Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 1955 Pan American Games Bantamweight boxers Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games 20th-century Chilean people {{Chile-Olympic-medalist-stub