Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz

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Olympic medal record
Men's boxing
Gold	2000 Sydney	Bantamweight
Gold	2004 Athens	Bantamweight

Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz (born September 30, 1980 in La Prueba) is a Cuban boxer, who competed in the bantamweight (54 kg) division at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal on both occasions. He is also World Champion from 2001. His rival is Aghasi Mammadov, but Rigondeaux has won all bouts except for the final of the 2003 World Championships. He has recently won gold at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Mianyang, China.

[edit] Olympic Results

• Round of 32: Defeated Liu Yuan of China - PTS (21-7)
• Round of 16: Defeated Mehar Ullah of Pakistan - RSC 3
• Quarterfinals: Defeated Gennady Kovalev of Russia - PTS (20-5)
• Semifinals: Defeated Bahodirjon Sooltonov of Uzbekistan - PTS (27-13)
• Gold Medal Match: Defeated Worapoj Petchkoom of Thailand - PTS (22-13)

v • d • e Olympic Boxing Champions (Bantamweight)

1904: Oliver Kirk (USA) • 1908: Henry Thomas (GBR) • 1920: Clarence Walker (RSA) • 1924: William Smith (RSA) • 1928: Vittorio Tamagnini (ITA) • 1932: Horace Gwynne (CAN) • 1936: Ulderico Sergo (ITA) • 1948: Tibor Csík (HUN) • 1952: Pentti Hämäläinen (FIN) • 1956: Wolfgang Behrendt (GER) • 1960: Oleg Grigoryev (URS) • 1964: Takao Sakurai (JPN) • 1968: Valerian Sokolov (URS) • 1972: Orlando Martínez (CUB) • 1976: Gu Yong-Ju (PRK) • 1980: Juan Hernández (CUB) • 1984: Maurizio Stecca (ITA) • 1988: Kennedy McKinney (USA) • 1992: Joel Casamayor (CUB) • 1996: István Kovács (HUN) • 2000: Guillermo Rigondeaux (CUB) • 2004: Guillermo Rigondeaux (CUB)