BOXER

Francisco Rodríguez

1945 - 2024

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Francisco Antonio Rodríguez Brito (20 September 1945 – 23 April 2024) was a Venezuelan boxer. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City he won the gold medal in the inaugural men's light flyweight (– 48 kg) division, in addition to claiming the gold at the 1967 and 1971 Pan American Games. He carried the flag for his native country at the opening ceremony at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco Rodríguez has received more than 29,062 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Francisco Rodríguez is the 132nd most popular boxer (up from 136th in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from Venezuela (down from 75th in 2019) and the most popular Venezuelan Boxer.

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  • 2.57

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Francisco Rodríguez ranks 132 out of 496. Before him are Jean Despeaux, Slobodan Kačar, Anton Josipović, Edgar Basel, Amado Azar, and Horacio Accavallo. After him are Gennady Golovkin, Sten Suvio, Kostya Tszyu, Jee Yong-ju, Francesco Damiani, and Roger Michelot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Francisco Rodríguez ranks 519. Before him are Micky Dolenz, Mwanza Mukombo, Rick Berman, John H. Coates, João de Deus Pinheiro, and Ian McLagan. After him are Ivan Edeshko, Emerich Dembrovschi, Vashti Bunyan, Lualhati Bautista, Carl Anderson, and Susan Haack. Among people deceased in 2024, Francisco Rodríguez ranks 213. Before him are Robert Pickton, Luciano Sušanj, Martin Mull, Robert H. Dennard, Peter Armbruster, and Richard Lewis. After him are Guram Kostava, Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem, Stephen Laybutt, Jon Landau, Klaus Töpfer, and Toumani Diabaté.

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In Venezuela

Among people born in Venezuela, Francisco Rodríguez ranks 79 out of 183. Before him are Victorino Márquez Bustillos (1858), Eugenio Montejo (1938), Pedro Gual Escandón (1783), Julián Castro (1810), Pastor Maldonado (1985), and Diosdado Cabello (1963). After him are María Corina Machado (1967), Manuel Felipe de Tovar (1803), Catherine Fulop (1965), Francisco Linares Alcántara (1825), José Gil Fortoul (1861), and Astrid Carolina Herrera (1964).

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Among BOXERS In Venezuela

Among boxers born in Venezuela, Francisco Rodríguez ranks 1. After him are Edwin Valero (1981), Yoel Finol (1996), and Gabriel Maestre (1986).

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