Francisco Cabañas Pardo (22 January 1912 – 26 January 2002) was a Mexican boxer. He competed in the flyweight class during the 1932 Summer Olympics and, although he lost the final against Hungarian István Énekes, he became the first Mexican athlete to ever win an individual Olympic medal.[1][2][4][5][6]
Francisco Cabañas Pardo | ||||||||
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Nationality | Mexican | |||||||
Born | (1912-01-22)22 January 1912 Mexico City, Mexico[1] | |||||||
Died | 26 January 2002(2002-01-26) (aged 90) Mexico City, Mexico[2] | |||||||
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Total fights | 2[3] | |||||||
Wins by KO | 1 | |||||||
Losses | 1 | |||||||
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Below are the results of Francisco Cabanas, a flyweight boxer from Mexico, who competed at the 1932 Olympic boxing tournament in Los Angeles:
Francisco Cabañas nació en la Ciudad de México el 22 de enero de 1912. El boxeador se convirtió en el primer medallista mexicano de forma individual en Juegos Olímpicos al conquistar la plata en peso mosca, en Los Ángeles 1932, cita a la que acudió financiando él mismo su viaje y estadía.
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