Omar Blebel (4 March 1922 – 1 December 2002) was an

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. He competed at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau ...

and the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

Achievement

Omar Blebel achieved gold medal victories in the freestyle featherweight -62 kg category at both the 1951 and 1955 Pan American Games.

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* 1922 births 2002 deaths Argentine male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Argentina Wrestlers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Rosario, Santa Fe Martial artists from Santa Fe Province Wrestlers at the 1951 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games gold medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games 20th-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-wrestling-bio-stub