Cristián Bejarano Benítez (born July 25, 1981 in Chihuahua, Mexico) is a Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

, who won a bronze medal at the 1999 Pan American Games

Boxing at the 1999 Pan American Games

The Men's Boxing Tournament at the 1999 Pan American Games was held in Winnipeg, Canada from July 31 to August 8. It served as a qualification tournament for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The number one and two earned a ticket for the Olympic Tournament.- Medal winners :- Medal...

 in Winnipeg, Canada. Nicknamed "El Diablo" he represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

 in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, where he captured the bronze medal in the lightweight

Lightweight

Light-weight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.-Professional boxing:The lightweight division is over 130 pounds and up to 135 pounds weight class in the sport of boxing....

 division.

Olympic results

• Defeated Gilbert Khunwane
  Gilbert Khunwane
  Gilbert Khunwane is a male boxer from Botswana, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he was eliminated in the first round of the men's lightweight division by Mexico's eventual bronze medalist Cristian Bejarano.Khunwane won a bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth...
  
   (Botswana) 17-5
• Defeated Gheorghe Lungu
  Gheorghe Lungu
  Gheorghe Lungu is a boxer from Romania.He participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics for his native European country...
  
   (Romania) 14-11
• Defeated Almazbek Raimkulov (Kyrgyzstan) 14-12
• Lost to Andriy Kotelnyk
  Andriy Kotelnyk
  Andriy "Andreas" Kotelnyk is a Ukrainian boxer who won the Lightweight Silver Medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics...
  
   (Ukraine) 14-22

Pro

A year later he made his professional debut.

Bejarano turned pro in 2001 and has won his first 14 bouts against unknowns then he edged out former WBC champion Cesar Bazan

Cesar Bazan

César Bazán Pérez is a former professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division and is the former WBC Lightweight Champion.-Professional career:...

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