Yagnier Hernández (born May 14, 1983 in
Camagüey
Camagüey () is a city and municipality in central Cuba and is the nation's third-largest city with more than 321,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Camagüey Province.
It was founded as Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe in 1514, by S ...
) is an amateur Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's featherweight category. He won a gold medal for his division at the
2007 Pan American Games
The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Com ...
in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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, defeating Venezuela's Jorge Cardozo.
Hernandez represented
Cuba
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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, where he competed for the
men's 55 kg class. He first defeated North Korea's
Cha Kwang-Su in the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing out the quarterfinal match to Azerbaijan's
Rovshan Bayramov
Rovshan Bayramov ( az, Rövşən Bayramov; born 7 May 1987, Baku, Azerbaijani SSR) is an Azerbaijani wrestler. He is a European and world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling. Moreover, he is a two-time Olympic silver medalist.
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, with a three-set technical score (0–5, 2–1, 0–4), and a classification point score of 1–3. Because his opponent advanced further into the final match, Hernandez offered another shot for the bronze medal by defeating Egypt's
Mostafa Mohamed in the repechage rounds. He progressed to the bronze medal match, but narrowly lost the medal to Armenia's
Roman Amoyan
Roman Amoyan ( hy, Ռոման Ամոյան, born 3 September 1983) is an Armenian retired Greco-Roman wrestler of Yazidi-Kurdish descent. He is an Olympic bronze medalist, three-time World Championships medalist, and two-time European Champion. A ...
, with a technical score of 0–8.
References
External links
Profile – International Wrestling Database
1983 births
Wrestlers at the 2007 Pan American Games
Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic wrestlers for Cuba
Sportspeople from Camagüey
Living people
Cuban male sport wrestlers
Pan American Games medalists in wrestling
Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
20th-century Cuban people
21st-century Cuban people
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