Lorenzo Sotomayor Collazo (born 16 February 1985) is a Cuban-born Azerbaijani light-welterweight boxer who won a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics. He is a nephew of the high jumper Javier Sotomayor. In 2013 he moved from Cuba to Azerbaijan to increase his chances for Olympic selection. He chose to compete as Collazo, which means "shining star".

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* 1985 births Living people Azerbaijani male boxers Olympic boxers of Azerbaijan Boxers at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in boxing European Games gold medalists for Azerbaijan Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Havana Naturalized citizens of Azerbaijan Olympic silver medalists for Azerbaijan Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2019 European Games European Games bronze medalists for Azerbaijan Light-welterweight boxers Cuban emigrants to Azerbaijan Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Azerbaijan-boxing-bio-stub