Andrés Aldama Cabrera (born April 9, 1956) is a retired amateur

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, 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

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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

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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

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(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 Vladimir Kolev ( bg, Владимир Колев, born April 18, 1954) is a retired boxer from Bulgaria and Olympic bronze medalist. He also works as an actor, and has appeared in many American films. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montr ...

(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 Plamen Yankov (born 1 October 1954) is a Bulgarian boxer. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry ...

(Bulgaria) KO 3 * Semifinal: Defeated Karl-Heinz Krüger (East Germany) by decision, 5-0 * Final: Defeated

(Uganda) by decision, 4-1 (was awarded gold medal)

References

External links

Andrés Aldama Partial Record
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