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Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez

Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez

Cuban boxer (born 1962)

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).

Not to be confused with Juan Hernández Sierra.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Hernández and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
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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. [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.


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