Gabriel Hernández Romero (July 13, 1973 – June 25, 2001) was a male

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from the

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, who competed for his native country at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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. There he was stopped in the first round of the men's light heavyweight division by South Africa's Sybrand Botes (11-16). A bronze medal winner at the

1995 Pan American Games The 1995 Pan American Games, officially known as the XII Pan American Games () and commonly known as Mar del Plata 1995, were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, from 12 to 26 March 1995. After 44 years, this was the Pan American Games' first retur ...

Hernández made his professional debut on November 15, 1996 defeating Shawn Cornell by knock-out in the first round. He committed suicide by hanging,AP News Archive
/ref> aged 27, nine days after his last bout against Ralph Monday.

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