Maikro Romero

Maikro Romero (born December 9, 1972) is a Cuban boxer, who won the gold medal in the Men's Flyweight ( 51 kg) category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Maikro Romero
Personal information
Full nameMaikro Eusebio Romero Esquivel
NationalityCuban
Born (1972-12-09) December 9, 1972
Guantánamo
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classLight Flyweight and Flyweight

Later he changed weight class to Light Flyweight ( 48 kg) and won the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships. Trying to defend his title in 1999, he lost to Brian Viloria in the final and won a silver medal. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney he won a bronze medal together with Kim Un-Chol of North Korea.

Amateur highlights

Olympic results

1996

2000

References

  • Amateur Record at the Wayback Machine (archived October 26, 2009)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maikro Romero". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.


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