Luis Felipe Martínez Sánchez (born May 26, 1955) is a retired

Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...

n boxer, who represented his native country at the

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, Canada. There he won the bronze medal in the

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division (– 71 kg) after being defeated in the semifinals by Rufat Riskiyev from the

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. Two years later he won the silver medal at the second

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