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{{short description|American boxer}}
{{For|the United States Air Force general (died 1989)|Jerry D. Page}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2010}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Jerry Page
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|January 15, 1961}}
| birth_place = [[Columbus, Ohio]], U.S.
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[boxing]] }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Boxing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] | [[Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Light welterweight|Light welterweight]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1983 Pan American Games|1983 Caracas]] | [[Boxing at the 1983 Pan American Games|Light welterweight]] }}
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'''Jerry Louis Page''' (born January 15, 1961, in [[Columbus, Ohio]]) is an American [[boxing|boxer]] who won the [[Olympic medalists in boxing|light welterweight gold medal]] at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]]. A year earlier he won a silver medal at the [[Boxing at the 1983 Pan American Games|1983 Pan American Games]].

==Amateur career==
Jerry Page, an American boxer, was the gold medalist in the 139&nbsp;lbs classification (light welterweight) at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/jerry-page-1.html |title=Jerry Page |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804225056/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/jerry-page-1.html |archivedate=2014-08-04 }}</ref>

===1984 Olympic results===
* Round of 64: bye
* Round of 32: Defeated [[Helmut Gertel]] (West Germany) 5-0
* Round of 16: Defeated [[Ostavio Robles]] (Mexico) 5-0
* Quarterfinal: Defeated [[Kim Dong-Kil]] (South Korea) 4-1
* Semifinal: Defeated [[Mirko Puzović]] (Yugoslavia) 5-0
* Final: Defeated [[Dhawee Umponmaha]] (Thailand) 5-0 (won gold medal)

==Professional career==
Page began his professional career in 1985 and won his first 8 bouts before being beaten in a decision loss to [[Terrence Alli]] in 1988. This loss signaled the beginning of an early end for Page, who lost a decision to [[Frankie Randall]] in 1989 and then retired in 1990 with a career record of 11–4–0.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{BoxRec|1931}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150801123722/http://jerrypageboxing.com/ Jerry Page Boxing and Fitness]

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