Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez

Cuban boxer (born 1962)
Juan Hernández
Personal information
Full nameJuan Bautista Hernández Pérez
Born24 December 1962 (1962-12-24) (age 61)
Pilón, Granma, Cuba
Medal record
Men’s boxing
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Bantamweight

Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez (born 24 December 1962) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who won the gold medal in the Bantamweight division (-54 kg) at age seventeen at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.[1] In the final, he defeated Venezuela's Bernardo Piñango on points (5-0).

1980 Olympic results

  • Round of 64: bye
  • Round of 32: Defeated Sándor Farkas (Hungary) by decision, 4-1
  • Round of 16: Defeated Ayele Mohammed (Ethiopia) referee stopped the contest in the second round
  • Quarterfinal: Defeated Geraldi Issaick (Tanzania) referee stopped the contest in the first round
  • Semifinal: Defeated Michael Anthony (Guyana) by decision, 5-0
  • Final: Defeated Bernardo Piñango (Venezuela) by decision, 5-0

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Juan Hernández Pérez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.

External links

  • Juan Hernández at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
  • Juan Hernández Pérez at Olympedia Edit this at Wikidata
  • Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez at Olympics.com Edit this at Wikidata
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1904: 105–115 lb (47.6–52.2 kg), 1908: -116 lb (52.6 kg), 1920–1928: 112–118 lb (50.8–53.5 kg), 1932–1936: 112–119 lb (50.8–54.0 kg), 1948–2008: 51–54 kg, 2012: 52–56 kg, 2016: 53–56 kg


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