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).
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| Full name | Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 December 1962 (age 61) Pilón, Granma, Cuba | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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1980 Olympic results
edit- 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
edit- ^ 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
edit- Juan Hernández at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Juan Hernández Pérez at Olympedia
- Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez at Olympics.com
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