Osmar Bravo

Osmar Bravo Amador (born 1 November 1984 in Nueva Guinea) is an amateur boxer from Nicaragua that qualified for the 2012 Olympics at light heavyweight (81 kg).[1]

Osmar Bravo
Personal information
Full nameOsmar Bravo Amador
NationalityNicaragua
Born (1984-11-01) 1 November 1984
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classLight Heavyweight
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Nicaragua
Central American and Caribbean Games
Bronze medal – third place2014 VeracruzLight heavyweight
Bronze medal – third place2018 BarranquillaLight heavyweight
Central American Games
Gold medal – first place2013 San JoséLight heavyweight
Bronze medal – third place2010 Panamá CityLight heavyweight
Bronze medal – third place2017 ManaguaLight heavyweight

Osmar was a semi-finalist at light heavyweight at the 2012 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament and this finish earned him his Olympic birth.[2] Osmar became the first boxer to qualify for the Olympics from Nicaragua since Mario Romero at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[3] At the 2012 Olympic Games, he beat Montenegrin boxer Bosko Draskovic, before losing to Ukrainian Oleksander Gvozdyk.[4]

References
  1. "News". Aiba.org. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  2. "Jamaican boxers eliminated from Olympic qualifier". Jamaica Star. 10 May 2012. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  3. "News". Aiba.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  4. "Up to 81 kg (Light Heavy weight) men results - Boxing - London 2012 Olympics". olympic.org. Retrieved 8 September 2015.


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