Mario Eustaquio Benítez (16 March 1946 – 24 October 2023) was a Uruguayan

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. He competed in the men's light middleweight event at the

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. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, he defeated Eugenio Boches of Guatemala, before losing to John Baldwin of the United States. Benítez died in

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on 24 October 2023, at the age of 77.

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* 1946 births 2023 deaths Uruguayan male boxers Olympic boxers for Uruguay Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Salto, Uruguay Light-middleweight boxers 20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen {{Uruguay-boxing-bio-stub