Juan Carlos Lemus Garcia (born May 6, 1966) is a

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n boxer, who won the gold medal in the men's Light Middleweight (71 kg) category at the

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. Lemus also was awarded the gold medal at the 1987 Pan American Games, as well as the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 1991, beating the reigning champion at that time, Israel Akopkochyan.

Olympic results

*Defeated Arkadiy Topayev (Unified Team) 11-0 *Defeated Markus Beyer (Germany) RSCH 1 (0:44) *Defeated Igors Saplavskis (Latvia) 12-2 *Defeated György Mizsei (Hungary) 10-2 *Defeated Orhan Delibaş (Netherlands) 6-1 Boxan gold medal Pre-olympics Barcelona 1992 and best boxer of the tournament also, with

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References

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Biography of Juan Carlos Lemus
1965 births Living people Boxers at the 1987 Pan American Games Boxers at the 1991 Pan American Games Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Cuba Olympic gold medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in boxing Cuban male boxers Cuban emigrants to Spain AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Welterweight boxers Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games 20th-century Cuban people {{Cuba-Olympic-medalist-stub