Roel Velasco was a boxer who competed in the light flyweight division at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
He is the elder brother of Mansueto Velasco who won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the same weight division. He represented his native country of the Philippines at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where he won the bronze medal. He defeated James Wanene of Kenya in the first round and Rajendra Prasad of India in the second round, qualifying for the quarter-finals where he defeated Rowan Williams of Great Britain.
In the semi-finals he was stopped by Cuba's eventual winner Rogelio Marcelo. Roel won the silver medal at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships and was the first Filipino to win a medal in the Goodwill Games by snatching the bronze in the light-flyweight division in boxing in the 1998 New York edition.
He is the elder brother of Mansueto Velasco who won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the same weight division. He represented his native country of the Philippines at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where he won the bronze medal. He defeated James Wanene of Kenya in the first round and Rajendra Prasad of India in the second round, qualifying for the quarter-finals where he defeated Rowan Williams of Great Britain.
In the semi-finals he was stopped by Cuba's eventual winner Rogelio Marcelo. Roel won the silver medal at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships and was the first Filipino to win a medal in the Goodwill Games by snatching the bronze in the light-flyweight division in boxing in the 1998 New York edition.
GAMES
1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona