Ángel Herrera Vera

Ángel Herrera Vera (born August 2, 1957 in Guantánamo) is a Cuban boxer, who won two Olympic gold medals, and the world title at the second World Championships in Belgrade.

Ángel Herrera
Angel Herrera battling Siegfried Mehnert (GDR)
Personal information
Full nameÁngel Herrera Vera
Nationality Cuba
Born (1957-08-02) August 2, 1957
Guantánamo
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classLightweight and Featherweight

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 World Title in Munich, West Germany. In 1983 he won a silver medal at the Pan American Games.

Results

1976 Summer Olympics - Montreal

1978 World Amateur Championships

  • Defeated Hirochi Ganobe (Japan) RSC-3
  • Defeated Viorel Ioana (Romania) walkover
  • Defeated Roman Gotfryd (Poland) by decision, 5-0
  • Defeated Bratislav Ristić (Yugoslavia) by decision, 4-1

1980 Summer Olympics - Moscow

1982 World Amateur Championships

References


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