Arlo Chavez is a Filipino boxer who competed 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 ...

. He is a gold medalist in the

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and is the most successful Filipino boxer in the

Southeast Asian Games The Southeast Asian Games, also known as the SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with sup ...

with four gold medals.

Personal life

Arlo Chavez was born on August 1, 1966 in

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Cebu Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 16 ...

. The eldest of 10 children, Chavez became the head of their family when he was just a teenager after their parents died just a year within each other. He and his brother

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, who was also a member of the national boxing team, provided for their other siblings. He studied at

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Career

Chavez captured a gold medal in the light welterweight division at the

1989 Southeast Asian Games The 1989 Southeast Asian Games ( ms, Sukan Asia Tenggara 1989), officially known as the 15th Southeast Asian Games, was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 20 to 31 August 1989 with 25 sports featured in the games. It was of ...

in his first major international competition. He defeated Thai Arnit Suwanwijit in the final. A month after the SEA Games, Chavez was sent to the

1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Moscow, Soviet Union from September 17 to October 1, 1989. The fifth edition of this competition, held a year after the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, was organised by the w ...

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along with

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and Isidro Vicera. He lost to Poland's

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in his opening bout. The following year, Chavez won a bronze medal at the

1990 Asian Games ) , Nations participating = 36 , Athletes participating = 6,122 , Events = 308 in 27 sports , Opening ceremony = 22 September 1990 , Closing ceremony = 7 October 1990 , Officially opened by = Yang Shangkun , O ...

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. He defeated Pakistani Atta Ullah Durrani in his opening bout before losing to eventual gold medalist Ahmad Mayez Khanji of Syria in the semifinal.Boxing Results
At the 1991 Asian Amateur Boxing Championship in

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, Chavez topped the light welterweight category. Later that year, Chavez successfully defended his light welterweight title in the

1991 Southeast Asian Games The 1991 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 16th Southeast Asian Games, was a multi-sport event held in Manila, the Philippines from 24 November to 3 December 1991, with 28 sports featured in the games. This was the second time that ...

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. The following year, he qualified for the

. He defeated Nigerian James Mozez in his first bout before losing to Romanian

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in his next outing. Chavez won his third gold medal in the

in 1993, this time ruling the welterweight division in

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. Chavez competed at the

1994 Asian Games The 1994 Asian Games ( ja, 1994年アジア競技大会, ''Senkyūhyakukyūjūyon-nen Ajia kyōgi taikai''), also known as the XII Asiad and the 12th Asian Games ( ja, 第12回アジア競技大会, Daijūni-kai Ajia kyōgi taikai), were held from ...

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but lost to Uzbekistan’s

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in the quarterfinals and went home empty-handed. Chavez won a record fourth gold medal in the

in 1995 after topping the welterweight division in

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. He was the only Filipino boxer to win a gold medal in the competition. His semifinal win over Thai Arkhom Chenglai prevented the hosts from sweeping all 12 gold medals at stake in the sport. Angeles, Manny
“All but one RP ring finalist wiped out.”
''Manila Standard''. 18 December 1995. Retrieved 01 June 2020. Chavez retired after failing to qualify for the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. He now works as a boxing instructor in

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Results

References

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