Juan Carlos Lemus

Juan Carlos Lemus Garcia (born May 6, 1965) is a Cuban boxer, who won the gold medal in the men's Light Middleweight (71 kg) category at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Juan Carlos Lemus
Juan Carlos Lemus (left) facing Siegfried Mehnert at the 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Moscow
Personal information
Full nameJuan Carlos Lemus García
Nationality Cuba
Born (1965-05-06) May 6, 1965
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classLight Middleweight

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.

Recently he resides in Canary Islands.

Olympic results

Boxan gold medal Pre-olympics Barcelona 1992 and best boxer of the tournament also, with Oscar De La Hoya.

References

  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Juan Carlos Lemus". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.


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