Gabriel Maestre
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| Full name | Gabriel Jose Maestre Perez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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September 22, 1986 (age 29) Barcelona, Venezuela | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Welterweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gabriel Jose Maestre Perez (born September 22, 1986 in Barcelona, Venezuela) is a welterweight boxer from Venezuela who competed at the 2012 Olympics.[1]
At the 2012 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, Gabriel Maestre finished 4th, losing 12-9 to Oscar Molina in the quarterfinals. This finish qualified Maestre for the 2012 Olympics. At the 2012 London Olympics he took fifth place, defeating Amin Ghasemipour and Siphiwe Lusizi before losing in the quarterfinals to the gold medalist, Serik Sapiyev.[2]
At the 2013 World Championships, Gabriel Maestre lost in the semifinals to Arisnoidys Despaigne, taking bronze.
In 2015, Gabriel Maestre defeated the reigning Olympic light welterweight champion, Roniel Iglesias, to win gold at the Pan American Games.[3][4][5]
In the 2015 AMBC American Boxing Championships, Maestre took bronze, losing to Alberto Palmetta 2:1 in the semifinals, and qualified for the 2015 World Championships.[6] Gabriel Maestre currently captains Venezuela's national boxing team and the Caciques de Venezuela team in World Series of Boxing.[7]
References
- ↑ "Gabriel Maestre Perez". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-02.
- ↑ "LONDON 2012 BOXING, 64-69 KG MEN". Olympic.org. The International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 28 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "Boxing - Athlete Profile". TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games. Retrieved 28 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "Boxing and Family. Meeting Gabriel Maestre". World Series Boxing. 21 Aug 2015. Retrieved 28 Aug 2015.
- ↑ Rebecca Blackwell (26 July 2015). "Photo". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 28 Aug 2015.
Venezuela’s Gabriel Maestre Perez, left, battles with Cuba’s Roniel Iglesias in their men’s welterweight boxing final at the Pan Am Games in Oshawa, Ontario Saturday, July 25, 2015. Maestre Perez defeated Iglesias to win gold.
- ↑ "2015 AMBC American Boxing Championships". International Boxing Association. Retrieved 28 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "Maestre". Caciques de Venezuela. World Series Boxing. Retrieved 28 Aug 2015.
See Also
- Boxing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's Welterweight
- 2012 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament