José Gómez Mustelier a.k.a. Jovani Gomez (born January 28, 1959 in

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) is a retired

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, who won the middleweight gold medal at the

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. In the final he defeated Viktor Savchenko of the

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on points (4–1). Two years earlier he captured the world title at the second

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, followed by the gold medal at the

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.José Gómez
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Olympic results

*Defeated

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(Zambia) 3–2 *Defeated Jang Bong-mun (North Korea) KO 2 *Defeated Valentin Silaghi (Romania) 5–0 *Defeated Viktor Savchenko (USSR) 4–1

References

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