Rafael Carbonell Carrion (born November 25, 1943, in Oriente, Ciudad de la Habana) is a retired

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, who represented his native country in three consecutive

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, starting in 1964. Carbonell won the gold medal in the men's light-flyweight (– 48 kg) division at the 1971 Pan American Games, where the weight division was included for the first time.

1964 Olympic record

Below are the results of Rafael Carbonell, a Cuban flyweight boxer who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics: * Round of 32: lost to John McCafferty (Ireland) by decision, 0-5

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