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One Year After Her Death, Locomotora Oliveras Is Remembered With Video Tribute and Mural

A tribute video by her sons alongside a mural inauguration in Santa Fe underline the lasting community impact of her boxing career and social programs.

Overview

  • Her sons Alejandro and Alexis posted an emotional tribute video and unveiled a mural in a Santa Fe social gym on the one-year anniversary of her death, coverage published July 28–29, 2026 reported.
  • Oliveras died on July 28, 2025 after two weeks in hospital following an ischemic stroke that began with confusion and left-side weakness on July 14 and led to a massive pulmonary embolism.
  • She retired as one of Argentina’s best-known boxers, a six-time world champion across three weight classes with a professional record of 33 wins, 3 losses and 2 draws and a 2024 induction into the Latin American Boxing Hall of Fame.
  • Beyond sport, she founded Team Locomotora in Santo Tomé and ran free training programs and neighborhood gyms that aimed to help young people and promote social inclusion; her funeral drew thousands and received institutional tributes during Santa Fe’s constitutional reform process.
  • Family tributes and new public memorials have kept local attention on her community projects in Santo Tomé and Santa Fe, which may help sustain participation and support for the grassroots sports programs she started.