Puerto Rico at the 1995 Pan American Games
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The 12th Pan American Games
1995 Pan American Games
The 12th Pan American Games were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, from March 12 to March 26, 1995. After 44 years, this was the Pan American Games first return to the country that hosted the first Games, in 1951.-Overview:...

were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina from March 11 to March 26, 1995.

Gold

  • Women's – 47 kg: Betsy Ortíz

Silver

  • Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg): José Miguel Cotto
    José Miguel Cotto
    José Miguel Cotto Vázquez is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. He is the brother of the four-time World Champion boxer Miguel Angel Cotto...

  • Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg): Alex Trujillo
    Alex Trujillo
    Alexander Trujillo is a retired professional boxer from Puerto Rico, who was nicknamed "Alexander the Great" during his career.- References :...

  • Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg): Luis Deines Pérez
    Luis Deines Pérez
    Luis Deines Pérez is a retired male boxer from Puerto Rico, who won the silver medal in the men's light-welterweight category at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. In the final he was defeated by Argentina's Walter Crucce...

  • Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg): Daniel Santos
    Daniel Santos (boxer)
    Daniel Santos is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur Santos represented Puerto Rico in international events, including the 1990 and 1992 Junior World Championships, Pan American Boxing Tournament, Goodwill Games, 1995 Pan American Games and the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he won a...



  • Men's Horizontal Bar: Victor Colon
    Victor Colon
    Victor Colon Ortíz was the first Puerto Rican gymnast to obtain a medal in this sport in a world competition. He won a bronze medal with a score of 9.581 for the vault event in the 1992 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships....



  • Women's Team Competition: Puerto Rico women's national softball team


  • Men's Freestyle (– 62 kg): Anibal Nieves
    Anibál Nieves
    Anibál Nieves Javier is retired male sport wrestler from Puerto Rico. He twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1992 and 1996. Nieves also twice won a silver medal at the Pan American Games during his career. He became the head wrestling coach for Western New England...

  • Men's Greco-Roman (– 82 kg): José Betancourt
  • Men's Greco-Roman (– 130 kg): Edwin Millet

Bronze

  • Women's Recurve 30 m: María Reyes


  • Men's Long Jump: Elmer Williams
    Elmer Williams
    Elmer Williams González is a retired Puerto Rican long jumper.He won the silver medal at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games and the bronze medal at the 1995 Pan American Games...



  • Men's Team Competition: Puerto Rico national baseball team
    Puerto Rico national baseball team
    The Puerto Rico National Baseball Team is a team that is selected by the Puerto Rican Baseball Federation to compete in major international events in representation of Puerto Rico...



  • Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg): José Juan Cotto
    José Juan Cotto
    José Juan Cotto is a retired Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur, Cotto represented Puerto Rico in the flyweight division , winning a bronze medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina...

  • Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg): Edgardo Santos
    Edgardo Santos
    Edgardo Santos is a retired Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur, Santos represented Puerto Rico in the light-heavyweight division , winning a bronze medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina. He made his professional debut at cruiserweight level in December 2002...

  • Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg): Moisés Rolón


  • Men's Points Race: Juán Merhed


  • Women's Flyweight (– 45 kg): Evelyn Matías


  • Men's Kumite (+ 80 kg): Otilio Cartagena
  • Men's Kumite (Open Class): Eric Albino


  • Men's – 85 kg: Aníbal Cintrón


  • Men's 108 kg: Ramón Álvarez
    Ramón Álvarez
    Ramón Álvarez is a Dominican wrestler also known as El Bronco No. 1. Bronco's career reached the highest level both in his native Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, accumulating a resume in the ring that extends to a total of twenty-eight years...

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