Enrique Rodríguez Cal (19 November 1951 – 23 November 2022) was a Spanish boxer who won the bronze medal in the

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division (– 48 kg) division at the

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. It was Spain's only medal in

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. He captured the bronze medal at the inaugural 1974 World Championships in

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. Rodríguez also represented his native country at the

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, where he was eliminated in the first round, and carried the flag at the opening ceremony. Rodríguez died on 23 November 2022, at the age of 71.

Olympic results

1972 *Defeated Alexandru Turei (Romania) 3-2 *Defeated

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(United States) 5-0 *Defeated Rafael Carbonell (Cuba) 4-1 *Lost to Kim U-Gil (North Korea) 2-3 1976 *Lost to Serdamba Batsuk (Mongolia) RSC 3

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