Víctor Ángel Pedro Avendaño (June 5, 1907 in Buenos Aires – July 1, 1984) was an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

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who competed in the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

. In 1928 he won the gold medal in the light heavyweight class after winning the final against

Ernst Pistulla Ernst Pistulla (28 November 1906 in Goslar – 14 September 1944) was a German boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. Pistulla was the German amateur light heavyweight champion in 1928. He won the silver medal in the light heavywe ...

1928 Olympic results

Below is the record of Victor Avendano, an Argentine light heavyweight boxer who competed at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics: *Round of 16: Defeated Sergio Ojeda (Chile) on points *Quarterfinal: Defeated

Donald Carrick Donald Day Carrick, , (September 18, 1906 – February 28, 1997) was an Ontario lawyer, political figure, Olympic boxer, and Canadian national golf champion. He represented Toronto Trinity as a Liberal member from 1954 to 1957. Biography C ...

(Canada) on points *Semifinal: Defeated

Donald McCorkindale Donald Dinnie McCorkindale (16 August 1904 – 11 August 1970) was a South African boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He fought as Don McCorkindale. Biography He was born in Pretoria, Transvaal Colony and died in Edenvale, Gua ...

(South Africa) on points *Final: Defeated

(Germany) on points (won gold medal)

External links

Víctor Avendaño at databaseOlympics.com
* 1907 births 1984 deaths Boxers from Buenos Aires Argentine male boxers Light-heavyweight boxers Olympic boxers for Argentina Boxers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Argentina Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics {{Argentina-Olympic-medalist-stub