Anderson Rojas is an amateur

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from

Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...

who has qualified for the

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as a

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. Anderson was a quarter-finalist and 5th-place finisher at middleweight at the

2012 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament The 2012 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from May 5 to May 12 to determination qualification spots for Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Qualified athletes Qualification summary NOTE: This ...

. Five spots were available for qualification at light welterweight and Anderson qualified over the other quarter-finalists since his loss was to the eventual winner

Roniel Iglesias Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo (born 14 August 1988) is a Cuban boxer, best known for winning the junior world title at lightweight in 2006, a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and a gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He ...

. Qualification being dependent on how the opponent performed in later rounds was controversial and will not be used in future Olympics. Anderson also won a

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at the South American Championships and a

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at the Panamerican Youth Championships.

References

Living people Light-welterweight boxers Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Ecuador Ecuadorian male boxers Year of birth missing (living people) Boxers at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Ecuador 21st-century Ecuadorian sportsmen {{Ecuador-boxing-bio-stub