Francisco Rodríguez (boxer, born 1945)

Francisco Antonio Rodríguez Brito (20 September 1945 – 23 April 2024) was a Venezuelan boxer.

At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City he won the gold medal in the inaugural men's light flyweight (– 48 kg) division, in addition to claiming the gold at the 1967 and 1971 Pan American Games.

He carried the flag for his native country at the opening ceremony at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

At one point, one of the boxers' bloody mouthpieces landed in Rodriguez's mother's lap.

Mexico City – 1968 Munich – 1972 Rodríguez was inducted into the Venezuelan Sports Hall of Fame in 1988.