Andrés Aldama Cabrera (born April 9, 1956) is a retired amateur Cuban boxer, who won the light welterweight silver medal at the

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and the Welterweight gold medal at the

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. Aldama defeated John Mugabi of

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to win the 1980 gold medal, and lost to

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of the

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to receive the 1976 silver medal. In 1979 he won a gold medal at the

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, defeating Mike McCallum of

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in the welterweight final.

Olympic results

Below are the Olympic results of Andres Aldama, a Cuban boxer who competed in the 1976 Montreal Olympics as a light welterweight and in the 1980 Moscow Olympics as a welterweight: Montreal - 1976 * Round of 64: 1st round bye * Round of 32: Defeated Sabahattin Burcu (Turkey) referee stopped contest in round #2 * Round of 16: Defeated Jesus Sánchez (Dominican Republic) referee stopped contest in round #2 * Quarterfinal: Defeated József Nagy (Hungary) TKO 2 * Semifinal: Defeated Vladimir Kolev (Bulgaria) KO 1 * Final: Lost to

(United States) by decision, 0-5 (was awarded silver medal) Moscow - 1980 * Round of 32: Defeated Pierre Sotoumey (Benin) TKO 3 * Round of 16: Defeated Israel Akopkokhyan (Soviet Union) by decision, 3-2 * Quarterfinal: Defeated Plamen Yankov (Bulgaria) KO 3 * Semifinal: Defeated Karl-Heinz Krüger (East Germany) by decision, 5-0 * Final: Defeated John Mugabi (Uganda) by decision, 4-1 (was awarded gold medal)

References

External links

Andrés Aldama Partial Record
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