{{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 | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|January 15, 1961}} | birth_place = Columbus, Ohio, U.S. | headercolor = lightsteelblue | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's boxing }} {{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalGold | 1984 Los Angeles | Light welterweight }} {{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }} {{MedalSilver | 1983 Caracas | Light welterweight }} }}
'''Jerry Louis Page''' (born January 15, 1961, in Columbus, Ohio) is an American boxer who won the light welterweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. A year earlier he won a silver medal at the 1983 Pan American Games.
==Amateur career== Jerry Page, an American boxer, was the gold medalist in the 139 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.
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==External links== * {{BoxRec|1931}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150801123722/http://jerrypageboxing.com/ Jerry Page Boxing and Fitness]
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