Julio Castillo
Castillo at the 2016 Olympics | |
Personal information | |
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Born |
May 10, 1988 (age 28) Durán, Guayas, Ecuador |
Education | Polytechnic School Ecological Amazon |
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
Sport | |
Sport | Amateur boxing |
Coached by |
Pedro Pablo Salgado Edgar Loor[2] |
Julio Cesar Castillo (born May 10, 1988)[3] is an amateur southpaw boxer from Ecuador. He won two medals at the Pan American Games: a bronze in 2007 and a silver in 2011.
Career
At the 2006 South American Games Castillo lost to Hamilton Ventura in the semifinals and ended up with a bronze medal. At the 2007 Pan American Games he won 15:5 against Carlos Negron, but lost to the eventual winner Eleider Alvarez 8:10 in the semifinal. He failed to qualify for the 2008 Olympics and went up to heavyweight, winning a silver at the 2001 Pan American Games. At the 2012 Olympic qualifier he lost 8:14 to Michael Hunter, but qualified for the Olympics on the strength of "two wins vs no-names". He lost in the first bout both at the 2012 and at the 2016 Olympics.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Julio Cesar Castillo". Rio 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ↑ Julio Cesar Castillo. nbcolympics.com
- ↑ "Julio Castillo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
External links
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