Pedro Gamarro

Pedro Gamarro
Personal information
Full namePedro José Gamarro
Nationality Venezuela
Born(1955-01-08)January 8, 1955
Machiques, Zulia
DiedMay 7, 2019(2019-05-07) (aged 64)
Maracaibo, Zulia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classWelterweight
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal Welterweight
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 1975 Mexico City Welterweight
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Caracas Middleweight

Pedro Gamarro (January 8, 1955 – May 7, 2019) was a Venezuelan amateur boxer.

Gamarro represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There, he won the silver medal in the welterweight division (– 67 kg) after having lost to Jochen Bachfeld of East Germany in the final. Gamarro's medal was the only one won by the South American nation in Montreal.

A year earlier, Gamarro had won a bronze medal at the 1975 Pan American Games. In between, he also won a bronze medal at the 1983 Pan American Games held in his home country.

Gamarro died in 2019 at the age of 64.[1]

  1. ^ Obituary. World Boxing Association. Retrieved on May 10, 2019.

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