Ángel Herrera Vera (born August 2, 1957 in

Guantánamo Guantánamo (, , ) is a municipality and city in southeast Cuba and capital of Guantánamo Province. Guantánamo is served by the Caimanera port near the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, site of a U.S. naval base. The area produces sugarcane and cotton ...

) is a

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, who won two Olympic gold medals, and the world title at the second

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. First competing in the featherweight (– 57 kg) category, he won the 1976 Olympics as well as the 1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He then competed in lightweight (– 60 kg) to win another Olympic gold in 1980, and his second

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. In 1983 he won a silver medal at the

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Results

1976 Summer Olympics - Montreal * Round of 64: bye * Round of 32: Defeated Rai Sik (India) KO 1 * Round of 16: Defeated Angel Pacheco (Venezuela) 5-0 * Quarterfinal: Defeated

Davey Lee Armstrong Davey Lee Armstrong (June 9, 1956 – February 8, 2021) was a boxer from the United States. Amateur career Armstrong was born in Puyallup, Washington, and began boxing at the Tacoma Boys Club, along with future world champions Rocky Lockridge a ...

(United States) 3-2 * Semifinal: Defeated Juan Paredes (Mexico) 5-0 * Final: Defeated

Richard Nowakowski Richard Nowakowski (born 27 September 1955 in Sztum, Poland) is a retired boxer from East Germany, who won the silver medal in the men's featherweight division (– 57 kg) at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There he w ...

(East Germany) KO 2 1978 World Amateur Championships *Defeated Hirochi Ganobe (Japan) RSC-3 *Defeated

Viorel Ioana Viorel Ioana (born 23 November 1958) is a Romanian boxer. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He lost to Renato Cornett of Australia at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Ioana also won two national senior titles and ...

(Romania) walkover *Defeated

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(Poland) by decision, 5-0 *Defeated

Bratislav Ristić Bratislav Ristić (born 21 January 1980) is a current sports agent and former Serbian footballer who last played for FK Čelik Nikšić. Career Club career He started his career with Club Brugge KV, and later played for FC Metalurh Donetsk, ...

(Yugoslavia) by decision, 4-1 1980 Summer Olympics - Moscow * Round of 32

Carlo Russolillo Carlo Russolillo (born 17 March 1957) is an Italian boxer. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1957 births Living people Italian male boxers Olympic boxers for Italy ...

(Italy) by decision, 5-0 * Round of 16: Defeated Geza Tumbas (Yugoslavia) by decision, 5-0 * Quarterfinal: Defeated Galsandorj Batbileg (Mongolia) by decision, 5-0 * Semifinal: Defeated

Kazimierz Adach Kazimierz Piotr Adach (born 9 May 1957 in Ustka) is a retired boxer from Poland, who won the bronze medal in the lightweight division (– 60 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. In the semifinals he was beaten b ...

(Poland) by decision, 5-0 * Final: Defeated

Viktor Demyanenko Viktor Leonidovich Demyanenko (russian: Виктор Леонидович Демьяненко) (born August 26, 1958 in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR) is a retired boxer, who represented the USSR at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Uni ...

(USSR) TKO 3 1982 World Amateur Championships *Defeated Juhito Arai (Japan) 5:0 *Defeated Kosem Barake (Israel) KO-2 *Defeated

Lofti Belkhir Lotfi Belkhir (born 20 October 1961) is a Tunisian boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) ...

(Tunisia) RSC-1 *Defeated

(Romania) 4:1 *Defeated

Pernell Whitaker Pernell Whitaker Sr. (January 2, 1964 – July 14, 2019) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2001, and subsequently worked as a boxing trainer. He was a four-weight world champion, having won titles at lightweight, ligh ...

(United States) 3:2

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* 1957 births Living people Boxers at the 1979 Pan American Games Boxers at the 1983 Pan American Games Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Cuba Olympic gold medalists for Cuba Sportspeople from Guantánamo Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Cuban male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in boxing Featherweight boxers Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games {{Cuba-boxing-bio-stub