Edgar Ramón Muñoz Mata (born December 22, 1983) is a boxer from

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in ...

, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native South American country. Muñoz won the bronze medal in the same division in 2003 at the

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is hel ...

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. He qualified for the Olympic Games by ending up in first place at the

1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament The 1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Tijuana, Mexico from March 12 to March 20, 2004. It was the first chance for amateur boxers from North-, Central- and South America to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympi ...

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. At the Olympics he upset

Marijo Šivolija Marijo Šivolija-Jelica (born 29 June 1981 in Omišalj) is a Croatian amateur boxer and two-time Olympian best known to medal repeatedly in international competition at light heavyweight. He also manages heavyweight boxer Mark de Mori. Career ...

but was eliminated 10–18 in the second round of the Light heavyweight (81 kg) division by eventual Belarusian runner-up: Magomed Aripgadjiev. In 2019 he represented

Venezuela at the 2019 Military World Games Venezuela competed at the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China from 18 to 27 October 2019. In total, athletes representing Venezuela won two bronze medals and the country finished in 55th place in the medal table. Both medals were won in ...

and he won a bronze medal in the men's +91 kg event.

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