Carlos Burga
{{Short description|Peruvian boxer (1952–2021)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Carlos Burga
| full_name = Carlos Alberto Burga Quispe
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| nationality = Peruvian
| sport = Boxing
| birth_date = {{birth date|1952|5|12|df=yes}}
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|1|17|1952|5|12|df=y}}
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Carlos Burga (12 May 1952 – 17 January 2021) was a Peruvian boxer.[https://elcomercio.pe/deporte-total/polideportivo/boxeo-carlos-burga-historico-boxeador-nacional-fallecio-victima-del-coronavirus-nczd-noticia/ Carlos Burga, histórico boxeador peruano, falleció víctima del coronavirus] {{in lang|es}} He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1972 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/carlos-burga-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418075045/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/carlos-burga-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Carlos Burga Olympic Results |access-date=17 December 2018}} Burga also competed in the welterweight class at the 1975 Pan American Games.{{cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/PanamericanGames1975.html|title=7.Panamerican Games - Ciudad Mexico, Mexico - October 12-26 1975 |publisher=amateur-boxing.strefa.pl |access-date=17 January 2019}} Burga died in January 2021 from COVID-19 during the pandemic in Peru.
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Category:Olympic boxers for Peru
Category:Boxers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Pan American Games competitors for Peru
Category:Boxers at the 1975 Pan American Games
Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru
Category:Place of birth missing
Category:20th-century Peruvian sportsmen
Category:21st-century Peruvian people
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