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Carlos Motta

Guatemalan Olympic boxer

Born
25 July 1956
Citizenship
Guatemala
Sport
boxing
Discipline
light flyweight
Occupation
boxer
Height
152 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Weight
48 kg (106 lb)

Carlos Santiago Motta Taracena (born July 25, 1956) is a retired boxer from Guatemala who competed in the light flyweight division (– 48 kg) at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

He was the fourth Guatemalan boxer to participate in the Olympics and the first since 1968. After defeating Mustafa Genç from Turkey in the first round and Daniel Mwangi from Kenya in the second round, Motta was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Venezuela's eventual bronze medalist Marcelino Bolivar.

Competitions

CompetitionYearResult
1984 Summer Olympics1984

External links

Facts from Wikidata Q5042417 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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