Carlos Tamara
Personal information | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full name | Carlos José Tamara Paternina | |||||||
Nickname(s) | "El Olímpico" | |||||||
Nationality | Colombia | |||||||
Born | (1983-03-15) March 15, 1983 Sincelejo, Sucre | |||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||
Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) | |||||||
Sport | ||||||||
Sport | Boxing | |||||||
Rated at | Light Flyweight | |||||||
Club | Atlantico | |||||||
Medal record
|
Carlos José Tamara Paternina (born March 15, 1983 in Sincelejo) is a Colombian professional boxer, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics. There he was defeated in the second round by Italy's Alfonso Pinto in the Light Flyweight (48 kg) division.[1] A year earlier he won the silver medal at the Pan American Games.
Tamara is a former IBF Junior Flyweight Champion.
Contents
1 Amateur career
1.1 Olympic results
2 Professional career
2.1 World Title
3 References
4 External links
Amateur career
Olympic results
Tamara competed as a Light Flyweight for Colombia at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. Results were:
- Defeated Redouane Bouchtouk (Morocco) 48-0
- Lost to Alfonso Pinto (Italy) 35-49
Professional career
World Title
Carlos defeated American Brian Viloria with 1:45 left in the 12th and final round of a title fight on January 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines.[2]
References
^ "Sports: Saturday's detailed results". The Seattle Times. 22 August 2004. Retrieved 2009-09-25..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4851673
External links
Professional boxing record for Carlos Tamara from BoxRec
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Carlos José Tamara". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
Preceded by Brian Viloria | IBF Junior Flyweight Champion January 23, 2010 – May 29, 2010 | Succeeded by Luis Alberto Lazarte |
This biographical article relating to a Colombian boxer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |