Óscar Molina

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Molina and the second or maternal family name is Casillas.
Oscar Molina
Personal information
Born

2 January 1990 (1990-01-02) (age 26)

[1]
Commerce, California[2]
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  Mexico
Pan American Games
2011 Guadalajara Welterweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
Mayagüez 2010 Welterweight
AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships
2008 Guadalajara Welterweight

Óscar Molina Casillas (born 2 January 1990[1] in Commerce, California)[2] is a Mexican American amateur boxer who qualified for the 2012 Olympics.

Career

Molina was born in Commerce, California a small suburb 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Los Angeles.[2] He participated at the 2008 Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships at Guadalajara, Mexico where he obtained the gold medal.[3]

At the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games he won the silver medal losing the final to local Christian Peguero.

Later he achieved the silver medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Mexico when he lost to Cuban Carlos Banteux.[1]

In May 2012, he qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games at London, United Kingdom after achieving the silver medal at the Pre-Olympic tournament held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where he lost to local Myke Carvalho.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Resultados (Results)Boxing Results - Molina Oscar
  2. 1 2 3 "El gemelo Molina buscará este fin de semana en Guatemala, escribir una historia olímpica" (in Spanish). Comité Olímpico Mexicano. Retrieved 14 September 2014. Óscar y Javier Molina Casillas nacieron el 2 de enero de 1990 en Commerce, California, un suburbio de apenas 12 mil 568 habitantes (según censo en el 2000), localizado a seis millas al este de Los Ángeles, California.
  3. ↑ AIBA Youth World Championships - Guadalajara, Mexico - October 25 - November 1 2008
  4. ↑ Final American Olympic quota places revealed


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