Rafael Carbonell Carrion (born November 25, 1943, in Oriente,

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) is a retired boxer from

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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 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

, 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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