Pedro Jose Gamarro

Name: Pedro Jose Gamarro
Alias: "Tren de Machiques"
Hometown: Machiques, Venezuela
Birthplace: Machiques, Venezuela
Died: 2019-05-07 (Age:64)
Amateur Boxer: Record

Gamarro represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the silver medal in the welterweight division (67 kg), losing to Jochen Bachfeld of East Germany in the final. Gamarro's medal was the only one won by the South American nation in Montreal. A year earlier he won a bronze medal at the 1975 Pan American Games. He would later win a bronze medal at Light middleweight at the 1983 Pan American Games.

Olympic results

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Marijan Beneš (Yugoslavia) 5-0
• Defeated Emilio Correa (Cuba) RSC 3
• Defeated Clint Jackson (United States) 3-2
• Defeated Reinhard Skricek (West Germany) 3-2
• July 31, 1976: Lost to Jochen Bachfeld (East Germany) 2-3