Floreal García

Floreal García
Personal information
Nationality Uruguay
BornGualberto Floreal García
(1943-05-24)24 May 1943
Montevideo, Uruguay
Died20 December 1974(1974-12-20) (aged 31)
Soca, Uruguay
SpouseMirtha Hernández[1]
Boxing career
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Uruguay
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place1963 São PauloFlyweight

Gualberto Floreal García (24 May 1943[2][3][4] – 20 December 1974) was a Uruguayan boxer.

Life and career

García was born in Montevideo.[5]

García competed at the 1963 Pan American Games, winning the gold medal in the flyweight event.[6]

García died on 20 December 1974[5] in Soca,[7] at the age of 31.

References

  1. ↑ "Floreal García, el boxeador tupamaro". El Observador (in Spanish). 12 May 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  2. ↑ Lista, Nelson (20 May 2006). "Las vidas de un luchador". Periscopio (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2024 – via Chasque.
  3. ↑ Benítez, Pablo (24 May 2013). "El boxeador tupamaro". El Observador (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  4. ↑ Teal, Tolo (20 December 2018). "Floreal García, el campeón de boxeo asesinado durante la dictadura uruguaya". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  5. 1 2 "García Larrosa, Floreal Gualberto". Sitios De Memoria Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "1963 Pan American Games: Boxing Results", Pan American Games
  7. ↑ Argentina's Newsletter on Human Rights: Volume 1, Issues 3-4, Solidarity Committee with the Argentine People, 1977
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