José de la Cruz Guzmán (born March 5, 1963) is a former

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

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, competing in the welterweight division. Guzman competed for his native country at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

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, where he was defeated in the first round of the Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) by Kenya's

Nicodemus Odore Nick Odore (born 24 February 1965) is a Kenyan boxer. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), offic ...

. A year earlier he captured the bronze medal in the same division at the

1991 Pan American Games The 1991 Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18, 1991. There were 4,519 athletes from 39 countries of the Pan American Sports Organization, PASO community, with events in 33 different sports. The main stadium was ...

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1963 births Living people Welterweight boxers Olympic boxers of Venezuela Pan American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela Boxers at the 1991 Pan American Games Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Venezuelan male boxers Pan American Games medalists in boxing Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Venezuela Competitors at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games 20th-century Venezuelan people 21st-century Venezuelan people {{Venezuela-boxing-bio-stub