Yan Barthelemy Varela (born March 5, 1980,

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) is a

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amateur

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, who won the gold medal in the light flyweight division (– 48 kg) at the

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Amateur career

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**Round of 32 – Defeated Miguel Ángel Miranda of Venezuela – RSC-3 **Round of 16 – Defeated Suban Pannon of Thailand – PTS (23-14) **Quarterfinals – Defeated Hong Moo-Won of North Korea – PTS (30-11) **Semifinals – Defeated

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of China – PTS (29-17) **Final – Defeated Atagun Yalcinkaya of Turkey – PTS (21-16) *

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**Defeated Suban Pannon (Thailand) 36–12 **Defeated Iulius Poczo (Romania) RSC-2 **Defeated

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(Kazakhstan) 44–15 **Defeated

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(Russia) 26–14 In December 2006, Barthelemy together with fellow Athens Olympic champions Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano and

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left training camp in

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for

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and defected to the

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. They signed a contract with a

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-based promoter and turned professional. He was part of the

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n team that won the 2006 Boxing World Cup.

Professional career

Barthelemy made his professional debut on April 27, 2007, by winning a UD against Ravil Mukhamadiarov and knocked him down in the 4th round. Bartelemí was 6–0 before being upset by unheralded Ernie Marquez, suffering his first loss. Bartelemí then went to win the vacant WBC Latino Bantamweight title in his next match.Yan Barthelemy – Boxer
/ref> He most recently was upset by Jorge Diaz after taking the fight on short notice, losing by TKO, a major career setback.

References

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Yan Berthelemy, February 22, 2008 event
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1980 births Defecting sportspeople from Cuba Light-flyweight boxers Boxers at the 2003 Pan American Games Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Cuba Olympic gold medalists for Cuba Living people Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cuban male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games gold medalists in boxing Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Cuban emigrants to the United States Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in boxing Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games {{Cuba-boxing-bio-stub