Mario Guilloti González (20 May 1946 – 24 August 2021) was an Argentine

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. He won the bronze medal in the men's

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(– 67 kg) category at the

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. A year earlier he claimed the silver medal at the

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. He was born in

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. Guilloti died from Covid-19 in 2021 aged 75.

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* * * * 1946 births 2021 deaths Boxers from Buenos Aires Province Olympic boxers for Argentina Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina Olympic medalists in boxing Boxers at the 1967 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Pan American Games boxers for Argentina Argentine male boxers Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists in boxing Welterweight boxers Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina 20th-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-boxing-bio-stub