Gabriel Maestre

Gabriel Jose Maestre Perez (born 22 September 1986) is a welterweight boxer from Venezuela who competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.[3]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Maestre and the second or maternal family name is Perez.
Gabriel Maestre
Maestre at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameGabriel Jose Maestre Perez
Born22 September 1986 (1986-09-22) (age 33)
Barcelona, Venezuela
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classWelterweight
ClubVenezuela Caciques[2]
Coached byOmar Coffi (national)
Alfredo Lemus (personal)[2]
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Venezuela
World Championships
2013 Almaty Welterweight
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto Welterweight
2019 Lima Welterweight
South American Games
2018 Cochabamba Welterweight

At the 2012 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, Gabriel Maestre finished 4th, losing 12–9 to Oscar Molina in the quarterfinals. This finish qualified Maestre for the 2012 Olympics. At the 2012 London Olympics he took fifth place, defeating Amin Ghasemipour and Siphiwe Lusizi before losing in the quarterfinals to the gold medalist, Serik Sapiyev.[4]

At the 2013 World Championships, Gabriel Maestre lost in the semifinals to Arisnoidys Despaigne, taking bronze. He served as Venezuela's flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2013 Bolivarian Games.[2]

In 2015, Gabriel Maestre defeated the reigning Olympic light welterweight champion, Roniel Iglesias, to win gold at the Pan American Games.[5][6][7]

In the 2015 AMBC American Boxing Championships, Maestre took bronze, losing to Alberto Palmetta 2:1 in the semifinals, and qualified for the 2015 World Championships.[8] Gabriel Maestre currently captains Venezuela's national boxing team and the Caciques de Venezuela team in World Series of Boxing.[9]

Maestres considers the Cuban boxer Roniel Iglesias as his main rival and as a motivation to train harder. He spent two months at a training camp in Cuba to prepare for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] At the Olympics he was eliminated in the third bout at the 2016 Olympics.[1] Maestre is married and has three children.[2]

References
  1. Gabriel Maestre Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  2. Gabriel Maestre. nbcolympics.com
  3. "Gabriel Maestre Perez". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013.
  4. "LONDON 2012 BOXING, 64–69 KG MEN". Olympic.org. The International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  5. "Boxing – Athlete Profile". TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  6. "Boxing and Family. Meeting Gabriel Maestre". World Series Boxing. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  7. Rebecca Blackwell (26 July 2015). "Photo". Yahoo! News. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2015. Venezuela’s Gabriel Maestre Perez, left, battles with Cuba’s Roniel Iglesias in their men’s welterweight boxing final at the Pan Am Games in Oshawa, Ontario Saturday, July 25, 2015. Maestre Perez defeated Iglesias to win gold.
  8. "2015 AMBC American Boxing Championships". International Boxing Association. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  9. "Maestre". Caciques de Venezuela. World Series Boxing. Retrieved 28 August 2015.


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