Carmelo Robledo

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameCarmelo Ambrosio•Robledo
Used nameCarmelo•Robledo
Born13 July 1912 in Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (ARG)
Measurements165 cm
NOC Argentina
Medals OG
Gold 1
Silver 0
Bronze 0
Total 1

Biography

As a child Carmelo Robledo earned money as a newsboy on the corner of Cordova and Rodríguez Peña de Buenos Aires. He was discovered as a boxer in the Abasto neighbourhood, where a couple of well-known boxers had their roots. In 1928, Robledo was just 15-years-old and the youngest member of the Argentine delegation. This made him an Olympic veteran when he took part in Los Angeles, although he just turned 20 a few weeks before the Games. Along with other contemporary Argentine sports figures in 1950 Robledo was cast in the comedy film “Campeón a la fuerza” (Champion of Power). He worked as a clerk from Buenos Aires, but little is known about his later life. Some sources indicate that he died around 1981, while others give a date in the early 1960s.

There is an anecdote about Robledo that, at the moment when Juan Carlos Zabala crossed the finish line to win the marathon, Robledo, in his exuberance, threw a pennant with an iron shaft at Zabala, which hit him on the head, and knocked him to the floor, although this was initially attributed to Zabala’s weariness.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1928 Summer Olympics Boxing ARG Carmelo Robledo
Bantamweight, Men (Olympic) =5
1932 Summer Olympics Boxing ARG Carmelo Robledo
Featherweight, Men (Olympic) 1 Gold