Karlha Francesca Magliocco is an amateur

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. She was born in

Ciudad Bolívar Ciudad Bolívar (; Spanish for "Bolivar City"), formerly known as Angostura and St. Thomas de Guyana, is the capital of Venezuela's southeastern Bolívar, Venezuela, Bolívar State. It lies at the spot where the Orinoco River narrows to about ...

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She represented

in the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in the

Flyweight Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing above 49 kg (108 lb) and up to 51 kg (112 lb). Professional boxing The flyweight division was the last of bo ...

division. She lost in the quarter-finals to

Marlen Esparza Marlen Esparza (born July 29, 1989) is an American professional boxer who held the WBC female flyweight title since June 2021 and the WBA and ''The Ring'' female flyweight title since April 2022. As an amateur she became the first American wo ...

of USA 16-24.

Achievements

* 2012 – Batalla de Carabobo Women's Tournament (Valencia, VEN) 1st place – 51 kg * 2011 – Panamerican Games (Guadalajara, MEX) 3rd place – 51 kg * 2010 – Panamerican Women’s Championships (Brasília, BRA) 1st place – 48 kg * 2011 – Batalla de Carabobo Tournament (Valencia, VEN) 1st place – 51 kg * 2011 – 1st Panamerican Games Qualification Tournament (Cumana, VEN) 2nd place – 51 kg * 2010 – Venezuelan Women’s National Championships 1st place – 48 kg

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Magliocco, Karlha 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Ciudad Bolívar Olympic boxers for Venezuela Venezuelan women boxers Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Pan American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela Pan American Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2011 Pan American Games Flyweight boxers Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games