Ariel Hernández (boxer)
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Full name | Ariel Hernández Azcuy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | [1] or April 8, 1972 [2] Guane, Pinar del Río, Cuba |
May 3, 1970 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rated at | Middleweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ariel Hernández Azcuy (born May 3, 1970[1] or April 8, 1972[2]) is a boxer from Cuba, who won two Olympic gold medals in the Middleweight division (71–75 kg); at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. He captured the world title at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, just two months after having triumphed at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata.
Amateur accomplishments
- Twice Olympic Gold Medalist (Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996)
- Twice Junior World Champion (Bayamon 1989, Lima 1990)
- Twice World Champion (Tampere 1993, Berlin 1995)
- Seven-time Cuban National Champion (1992–1998)
- Twice Goodwill Games Champion (St Petersburg 1994, New York 1998)
- Twice World Championships Challenge Winner (Dublin 1994, Macon 1998)
Olympic results
1992
- Defeated Joseph Laryea (Ghana) 6-0
- Defeated Gilberto Brown (Virgin Islands) 13-2
- Defeated Sven Ottke (Germany) 14-6
- Defeated Lee Seung-Bae (South Korea) 14-1
- Defeated Chris Byrd (United States) 12-7
1996
- Defeated Kabary Salem (Egypt) 11-2
- Defeated Sven Ottke (Germany) 5-0
- Defeated Alexander Lebziak (Russia) 15-8
- Defeated Rhoshii Wells (United States) 17-8
- Defeated Malik Beyleroğlu (Turkey) 11-3
Pan American Games results
1995
- Defeated Jorge Melo Silva (Brazil) RSC-1
- Defeated Alex James (Grenada) RSC-1
- Defeated Ronald Simms (United States) KO-1
- Defeated Ricardo Araneda (Chile) 13-0
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Amateur Record (Archived 2009-10-25)
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