Jesús Eugenio Rodríguez Garzon (born June 30, 1967) is a retired male

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from

Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...

, who competed in the

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competition during his career. He won a bronze medal 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 ...

for his native country, and competed at the

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. There he was eliminated in the first round after losses to Israel's Max Geller and Japan's eventual bronze medalist Kosei Akaishi.

Achievements

*1990 Central American Championship: 68.0 kg Freestyle (1st) *1990 World Championship: 68.0 kg Freestyle (3rd) *1991 Pan American Games: 68.0 kg Freestyle (4th) *1994 World Championship: 68.0 kg Freestyle (2nd) *1995 Pan American Games: 68.0 kg Freestyle (3rd) *1995 World Championship: 68.0 kg Freestyle (3rd)

References

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1967 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Cuba Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Cuban male sport wrestlers Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 1995 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games 20th-century Cuban sportsmen {{Cuba-wrestling-bio-stub