Tomás Herrera Martinez (21 December 1950 – 18 October 2020) was a basketball player from Cuba, who won the

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medal with the men's national team at the

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in Munich, West Germany.

Career

Martinez was born in Santiago de Cuba on 21 December 1950. During the 1979 Pan-Am Games, he broke

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's jaw with an intentional elbow; while he was ejected from the game, he was not banned from the games despite having earlier assaulted another player. He was also involved in an incident during the 1973

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vs. the United States National Team. Martinez died on 18 October 2020 at the age of 69.

References

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Profile
databaseOlympics.com via archive.org

sports-reference.com via archive.org 1950 births 2020 deaths Sportspeople from Santiago de Cuba Cuban men's basketball players 1970 FIBA World Championship players 1974 FIBA World Championship players Basketball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in basketball Basketball players at the 1971 Pan American Games Basketball players at the 1979 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in basketball Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games {{Cuba-basketball-bio-stub