Enrico Lacruz (born 31 August 1993) is a Dutch

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. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the

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. He defeated

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in his first fight before losing to

Dorjnyambuugiin Otgondalai Dorjnyambuugiin Otgondalai (born 28 January 1988) is a Mongolian lightweight Boxing, boxer. He won a gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games and a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He was the flag bearer for Mongolia during the closing ceremo ...

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. In 2016, prior to the

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Olympics, Enrico Lacruz won a gold medal in the

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Box Cup 2016 in the Netherlands. In the quarterfinals he won against Yasin Yilmaz (Turkey) by unanimous decision. In the semi-finals he saw another unanimous win over Igor Lazarev (Israel). In the final La Cruz won his third straight unanimous decision in this tournament over Uganda's national champion Sula Segawa.

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* * 1993 births Living people Lightweight boxers Dutch male boxers Olympic boxers for the Netherlands Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Arnhem Martial artists from Gelderland Boxers at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in boxing European Games bronze medalists for the Netherlands Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-boxing-bio-stub