Arístides González
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is González and the second or maternal family name is Ortíz.
 González (in red) at the 1984 Olympics. | |||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ariestides González Ortíz | ||||||||||||
| Born |
January 12, 1961 (age 55) Añasco, Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ariestides González Ortíz (born January 12, 1961) is a boxer from Puerto Rico, who won the bronze medal in the Middleweight division (71–75 kg) at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He shared the podium with Algeria's Mohamed Zaoui. Although Juan Evangelista Venegas was the first Puerto Rican to win an olympic medal (boxing, 1948) González was the second to win a medal representing Puerto Rico under the Puerto Rican flag, after Orlando Maldonado became the first at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1]
References
- ↑ Boxing Hall of Fame Archived April 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
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