With Their Families Being From Mexico, Boxers Gonzalez, Lozano Are Proud To Represent Both Their Heritage And Team USA In Paris
Jajaira Gonzalez will represent Team USA at 60 kg. and Jennifer Lozano at 50 kg. in their Olympic debuts.
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Athlete Bio#
Age
Died (Aged 74)
1942-2016
Hometown
Louisville, KY
Education
Louisville Central High School (Louisiana, Ky.)
Personal
Son of Odessa and Cassius Clay…Brother of Rahman Ali, a former heavyweight professional boxer...Winner of the Amateur Athletic Union and Golden Gloves championships in 1959 and 1960...Inventor of the rope-a-dope style of boxing...Named Sports Illustrated’s 1975 Sportsman of the Year...Was the first boxer to appear on a Wheaties cereal box...Chosen to light the cauldron at the Olympic Games Atlanta 1996...United Nations Messenger of Peace...Recipient of the President Medal of Freedom...Inaugural winner of the United States Olympic Committee's Jesse Owens Olympic Spirit Award in 2016...Father to nine children.Olympic Experience
- 1-time Olympian; 1-time Olympic medalist (1 gold)
- Olympic Games Rome 1960, gold (Light Heavyweight - Men)
Hall Of Fame Bio #
Muhammad Ali is widely regarded as one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century, and was named Sportsman of the Century by Sports Illustrated in 1999. Named Cassius Clay at birth, he became a three-time world heavyweight boxing champion, in addition to winning the North American Boxing Federation championship and the gold medal at the Olympic Games Rome 1960. He was chosen to light the cauldron for the Opening Ceremony at the Atlanta Games in 1996. The Louisville native was also selected to be a United Nations Messenger of Peace due to his work in developing nations and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005 from President George W. Bush. He was also awarded the United States Olympic Committee's inaugural Jesse Owens Olympic Spirit Award in 2016. Ali passed away on June 3, 2016, due to a respiratory illness after living with Parkinson’s disease for a number of years.
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