Pedro Gamarro (January 8, 1955 – May 7, 2019) was a Venezuelan

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. Gamarro represented his native country at the

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, Canada. There, he won the silver medal in the

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division (– 67 kg) after having lost to

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in the final. Gamarro's medal was the only one won by the South American nation in Montreal. A year earlier, Gamarro had won a bronze medal at the

1975 Pan American Games The 1975 Pan American Games were held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 12 to October 26, 1975, exactly twenty years after the second Pan American Games were held there. It was the third major sporting event held in the Mexican capital in seve ...

. In between, he also won a bronze medal at the

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held in his home country. Gamarro died in 2019 at the age of 64.Obituary
''World Boxing Association''. Retrieved on May 10, 2019.

1976 Olympic results

Below are the results of Gamarro at the 1976 Montreal Olympics: * Round of 64: Bye * Round of 32: Defeated

Marijan Beneš Marijan Beneš (11 June 1951 – 4 September 2018) was a Yugoslav Boxing, boxer from Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is considered one of the best boxers in Yugoslav history. After a brilliant amateur career, culminating in the gold medal ...

(Yugoslavia) by decision, 5-0 * Round of 16: Defeated Emilio Correa (Cuba), when referee stopped the contest in the third round * Quarterfinal: Defeated

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(United States) by decision, 3-2 * Semifinal: Defeated Reinhard Skricek (West Germany) by decision, 3-2 * Final: Lost to

(East Germany) by decision, 2-3 (was awarded silver medal)

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