Enrique Rodríguez Cal (19 November 1951 – 23 November 2022) was a Spanish boxer who won the bronze medal in the
light flyweight division (– 48 kg) division at the
1972 Summer Olympics
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. It was Spain's only medal in
Munich
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,
West Germany
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. He captured the bronze medal at the inaugural
1974 World Championships in
Havana, Cuba. Rodríguez also represented his native country at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
, 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
Alexandru Turei (born August 7, 1952, in Cluj-Napoca) is a former light flyweight Romanian boxer who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Mun ...
(Romania) 3-2
*Defeated
Davey Armstrong (United States) 5-0
*Defeated
Rafael Carbonell (Cuba) 4-1
*Lost to
Kim U-Gil
Kim U-gil (born 17 October 1949) is a former boxer from North Korea who won the silver medal in the light flyweight division (– 48 kg) at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. In the final he was defeated by Hungary ...
(North Korea) 2-3
1976
*Lost to
Serdamba Batsuk (Mongolia) RSC 3
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References
Sources
Spanish Olympic Committee
1951 births
2022 deaths
Sportspeople from Asturias
Flyweight boxers
Boxers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers of Spain
Olympic bronze medalists for Spain
Olympic medalists in boxing
Spanish male boxers
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain
Competitors at the 1971 Mediterranean Games
Competitors at the 1975 Mediterranean Games
20th-century Spanish people
21st-century Spanish people
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