Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo (born 14 August 1988) is a Cuban

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, best known for winning the junior world title at lightweight in 2006, a bronze medal at the

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in Beijing and a gold at the

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in London. He went on to add to his already impressive Olympic resume by winning another gold medal at the

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at 33-years-old.

Career

In 2005, Iglesias won the national (senior) flyweight title as a 16-year-old when Olympic champion

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was out injured. He beat future two-time champ

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and then Karel Luis in the final. However, the more experienced Andry Laffita who had competed at junior flyweight was sent to the world championships. In 2006, he competed in January at the national (senior) championships at bantamweight and lost in the semifinal to Idel Torriente, in September he had put on 6 more kilograms and won the 2006 world title at lightweight in

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. In the quarterfinals he beat

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and then Kazach Azamat Smagulov in the final. In 2008 he won the junior welter national senior championship, he beat Richard Poll 12:9 in the final and was sent to the Olympic qualifier in Trinidad where he beat another teenager

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in the semifinal to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics where he lost his semi to defending champion

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. In the

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in London, Iglesias won the gold medal by defeating Denys Berinchyk from

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by a score of 22-15. He later moved up to welterweight, which was the weight division he competed in at the

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. In the

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in Tokyo, Iglesias won a gold medal by defeating Pat McCormack from

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by a score of 5–0.

Results

;Beijing 2008 Olympic results *Defeated Mahaman Smaila (Cameroon) 15-1 *Defeated Driss Moussaid (Morocco) 15-4 *Defeated Gennady Kovalev (Russia) 5-2 *Lost to

(Thailand) 5-10 ;London 2012 Olympic results *Defeated Cesar Villarraga Aldana (Colombia) 20-9 *Defeated Everton Dos Santos Lopes (Brazil) 18-15 *Defeated

Uktamjon Rahmonov Uktamjon Rahmonov (born August 31, 1990 in Fergana) is an Uzbek amateur boxer who fought at the 2012 Summer Olympics at junior welterweight. He advanced to the quarterfinals in the Olympics but lost to top favorite Cuban Roniel Iglesias 2012 Olym ...

(Uzbekistan) 21-15 *Defeated

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(Italy) 15-8 *Defeated

Denys Berinchyk Denys Berinchyk ( ua, Денис Берінчик; born 5 May 1988) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. As an amateur, he won silver medals in the light-welterweight division at the 2011 World Championships and the 2012 Summer Olympics. He made h ...

(Ukraine) 22-15 ;Rio 2016 Olympic results *Defeated Vladimir Margaryan (Armenia) TKO *Lost to

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(Uzbekistan) 3-0 ;Tokyo 2020 Olympic results *Defeated Sewon Okazawa (Japan) 3–2 *Defeated Delante Johnson (USA) 5–0 *Defeated Andrey Zamkovoy (Russia) 5–0 *Defeated Pat McCormack (Great Britain) 5–0

References

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Nationals 2008, Spanish
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