Pedro Nolasco

Pedro Nolasco

Personal information

Full name

Pedro Julio Nolasco

Nationality

Dominican Republic

Born

February 20, 1962
La Romana

Died

September 15, 1995 (aged 33)
La Romana

Sport

Boxing

Weight class

Bantamweight

Medal record

Olympic Games

	1984 Los Angeles	Bantamweight
Pan American Games
	1979 San Juan	Flyweight
	1983 Caracas	Bantamweight

Pedro Nolasco (February 2, 1962 – September 15, 1995) was a Dominican boxer, who won the bronze medal in the men's bantamweight category at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.

This was the first Olympic medal of the Dominican Republic. A year earlier he won a silver at the 1983 Pan American Games. He was born in La Romana, Dominican Republic.

Nolasco turned pro in 1986 and had limited success, possibly a result of having moved up the professional ladder too quickly. In 1987 he dropped a pair of fights to future champion Tony Lopez. Later in the year he lost a by first-round knockout^[1] to former world champ Victor Callejas. In 1989 he took on Maurizio Stecca for the newly created WBO Featherweight Title, but lost in a 6th-round TKO.

Nolasco was shot and killed in an attempted robbery at his home in La Romana on September 15, 1995, at the age of 33.^{[citation needed]}