Christopher Camat was a Filipino-American boxer who represented the Philippines at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He emigrated to the United States at the age of ten and studied at Morro Bay High School in San Luis Obispo, California, where he excelled in boxing, basketball, football, and track and field.
Camat made his official sporting debut at the 2001 Southeast Asian Games, where he claimed a bronze medal in the light middleweight class. He competed as a middleweight (75 kg) in the 2004 Olympic games and ousted his opening match to a vastly superior Russian boxer and top medal contender Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov in a decision score of 13–35.
He also competed in the men's middleweight division at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. He lost the semifinal match to Thailand's Somchai Chimlum and won the bronze medal.
Camat made his official sporting debut at the 2001 Southeast Asian Games, where he claimed a bronze medal in the light middleweight class. He competed as a middleweight (75 kg) in the 2004 Olympic games and ousted his opening match to a vastly superior Russian boxer and top medal contender Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov in a decision score of 13–35.
He also competed in the men's middleweight division at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. He lost the semifinal match to Thailand's Somchai Chimlum and won the bronze medal.
GAMES
2004 Summer Olympics, Athens