Venezuelan boxer Francisco 'Morochito' Rodríguez dies at 78
Release time：2024-04-25 12:23:04 Source：Planet Pulse news portal
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Francisco “Morochito” Rodríguez, the boxer who won Venezuela’s first Olympic gold medal, died Tuesday at age 78.
Venezuela’s Olympic Committee confirmed Rodriguez’ death on Wednesday on its social media channels but did not provide details. Local media reported he had been hospitalized in Caracas due to anemia.
At the Mexico City Olympics in 1968, Rodríguez won gold in the light flyweight division by beating South Korea’s Jee Yong-Ju in the final bout.
Rodríguez also won gold medals at the 1967 and 1971 Pan American Games.
Rodriguez was the second born of 14 children. He started boxing at age 11.
The second Venezuelan to win an Olympic gold medal was fencer Rubén Limardo at the London Olympics in 2012.
- Previous：Pedo school cop shoots himself dead after high
- Next：With lawsuits in rearview mirror, Disney World government gets back to being boring
Related articles
- China's envoy in Washington urges U.S. to avoid Thucydides Trap in bilateral ties
- Xi Stresses Establishing New Systems for Higher
- Overseas Chinese inspired by latest Xi
- Games Wide Open unveiled as Paris 2024 official slogan
- Mississippi city settles lawsuit filed by family of man who died after police pulled him from car
- Xi Focus: Xi Calls for Striving to Realize Economic Goals in 2023
- Xi Meets with Henry Kissinger
- 'Taiwan Relations Act' illegal and invalid, says mainland spokeswoman
- Two Premier League stars, both 19, arrested in a rape probe are 'suspended by their club'
- Ambassadors gain insights from visits to Xinjiang
- Mississippi city settles lawsuit filed by family of man who died after police pulled him from car
- Across China: Volkswagen Anhui rolls out targeted strategy to meet booming Chinese NEV market
- China moves to unleash market demand for stronger growth against external uncertainties
- Xi Stresses Establishing New Systems for Higher
- A portrait by Gustav Klimt has been sold for $32 million at an auction in Vienna
- Xi Meets Indonesian President
- Book on Xi's Discourses on Management of Water Resources Published
- Former U.S. diplomat calls for more communication
- Former Playboy model Holly Madison, 44, reveals she has had her cellulite SURGICALLY removed
- Xi Extends Congratulations to Cambodia's Hun Sen on Election Victory
Random recommendation
- Copyright © 2024 Powered by Venezuelan boxer Francisco 'Morochito' Rodríguez dies at 78 ,Planet Pulse news portal sitemap