Enrique "Kikin" Collazo (born 5 October 1988 in
Adjuntas
Adjuntas (, ) is a small mountainside town and municipality in Puerto Rico located central midwestern portion of the island on the Cordillera Central, north of Yauco, Guayanilla, and Peñuelas; southeast of Utuado; east of Lares and Yauco; a ...
) is a
professional
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from
Puerto Rico
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who competed in the
2012 Olympics as a
middleweight (75
kg).
Enrique was a quarter-finalist and 5th-place finisher at middleweight at the
2012 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament. Five spots were available for qualification at middleweight and Enrique qualified over the other quarter-finalists since his loss was to the eventual winner
Terrell Gausha. Qualification being dependent on how the opponent performed in later rounds was controversial and will not be used in future Olympics.
Enrique won the
gold medal at the
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
The 21st Central American and Caribbean Games (Spanish: ''XXI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe, Mayagüez 2010'') took place in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, from 18 July 2010 to 1 August 2010.
Bid
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.
At the
2012 Summer Olympics, Collazo was defeated in the first round by the Germany's
Stefan Hartel with a score of 18-10.
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Living people
Middleweight boxers
Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican male boxers
1988 births
People from Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Puerto Rico
Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in boxing
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