Romeo Brin (born March 10, 1973, in

Puerto Princesa Puerto Princesa (, American Spanish: , European Spanish: ), officially the City of Puerto Princesa (Cuyonon language, Cuyonon: ''Siyudad i'ang Puerto Princesa''; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in th ...

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) is a retired amateur Filipino boxer. He represented the

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in three editions of the Olympic Games (1996, 2000, and 2004), and has captured numerous medals in both lightweight and light-welterweight divisions at the

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and at the Asian Championships. Throughout his sporting career, Brin has been training for Team Caltex Boxing Club under his head coach and mentor Nolito Velasco. Brin made his official debut at the

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, where he ousted his opening match to Cuba's Julio González Valladares in men's lightweight division (60 kg), receiving a default score of 13–24. At the

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, Brin was upgraded to

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division (63.5 kg), but lost the same round again to Belarus' Siarhei Bykovski in a close decision of 5–8. Eight years after competing in his Olympic debut, Brin qualified for his third Filipino squad, as a 31-year-old, in the men's light welterweight division (63.5 kg) at the

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by receiving a berth and capturing the title over Uzbekistan's

Dilshod Mahmudov Dilshod Mahmudov (Дильшод Махмудов; born November 30, 1982) is a retired professional Boxing, boxer from Uzbekistan who won several medals in international tournaments. Career Formally of Uzbekistan, Dilshod Mahmudov is now base ...

from the Asian Championships in his hometown

. Brin was also appointed by the

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to carry the Philippine flag in the opening ceremony, as his teammate Christopher Camat (originally selected to take the privilege) decided to witness his action for the next day's bout. Unlike his two previous Games, Brin outclassed Sweden's Patrick Bogere in the opening round with a satisfactory 43–35 triumph, before losing out his next match to Thailand's Manus Boonjumnong in a decisive score of 15–29. Following an official retirement from his third Olympics, Brin is currently working as a national youth coach for the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines.

References

External links

ESPN Olympic Profile
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