Bernardo Piñango

Olympic medal record
Men's Boxing
	1980 Moscow	Bantamweight

José Bernardo Piñango (born February 9, 1960 in Caracas) is a retired boxer from Venezuela, who won the silver medal in the Bantamweight division (-54 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. In the final he lost to Cuba's Juan Hernández on points (0-5).

Piñango became a pro in 1981, and won the Lineal and WBA Bantamweight title on June 4, 1986, which he lost on March 29, 1987. From February 27, 1988 until May 28, 1988 he was the holder of the WBA Super Bantamweight Belt. He boxed his last match on April 7, 1990 in Las Vegas.

List of honours

1977 - Silver Medal, Boxam de España
1977 - Gold Medal, 34th Latin American Championships
1978 - Venezuelan Amateur Featherweight Champion
1980 - Silver Medal at Moscow Olympics
1986 - WBA Bantamweight Champion
1988 - WBA Super Bantamweight Champion

Accomplishments

Amateur career

Amateur Record: 110-10 (73)
Silver medalist at the Boxam de Espana (1977)
Gold medalist at the 34th Central American Championships (1977)
1978 Venezuelan Featherweight Champion
Silver medalist at the Moscow Olympic Games in 1980 in the Bantamweight class. His results were:
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Ernesto Alguera (Nicaragua) 4-1
- Defeated Veli Koota (Finland) DQ 2
- Defeated John Siryakibbe (Uganda) KO 2
- Defeated Dumitru Cipere (Romania) 3-2
- Lost to Juan Hernandez (Cuba) 0-5

Professional career

WBA Bantamweight World Champion (118)
Lineal Bantamweight World Champion (118)
The Ring Bantamweight World Champion (118)
WBA Super Bantamweight World Champion (122)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Gaby Canizales	WBA Bantamweight World Champion June 4, 1986 – March 29, 1987 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Takuya Muguruma
Preceded by Gaby Canizales	The Ring Bantamweight Champion Lineal Bantamweight Champion June 4, 1986 – March 29, 1987 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Shinsuke Yamanaka
Preceded by Julio Gervacio	WBA Super Bantamweight World Champion February 27, 1988 – May 28, 1988	Succeeded by Takuya Muguruma

External links

The Cyber Boxing Zone

Venezuela medal winners at the Olympic Games

01 ! Gold	Francisco Rodriguez (1968) Ruben Limardo (2012)

02 ! Silver	Pedro Gamarro (1976) Bernardo Piñango (1980) Yulimar Rojas (2016)

03 ! Bronze	Arnoldo Devonish (1952) Enrico Forcella (1960) Marcelino Bolivar (1984) Omar Catari (1984) Rafael Vidal (1984) Adriana Carmona (2004) Israel José Rubio (2004) Dalia Contreras (2008) Yoel Finol (2016) Stefany Hernandez (2016)

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