Edgar Ramón Muñoz Mata (born December 22, 1983) is a boxer from

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native South American country. Muñoz won the bronze medal in the same division in 2003 at the Pan American Games in

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. He qualified for the Olympic Games by ending up in first place at the

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. At the Olympics he upset Marijo Šivolija but was eliminated 10–18 in the second round of the Light heavyweight (81 kg) division by eventual Belarusian runner-up:

Magomed Aripgadjiev Magomed Aripgadzhiyev (born 23 September 1977) is a Belarusian boxer who won a silver medal in the light heavyweight division (– 81 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by ending up in second pl ...

. In 2019 he represented Venezuela at the 2019 Military World Games and he won a bronze medal in the men's +91 kg event.

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