Adolfo Horta

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Olympic medal record
Men's boxing
Silver 1980 Moscow Featherweight

Adolfo Horta (born March 10, 1957 in Camaguey) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal in the Featherweight division (-57 kg) at age 22 at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. In the final he was beaten by East Germany's Rudi Fink on points (1-4).

Two years earlier he won the world title at the second World Championships in Belgrade. He prolongued his champions belt twice, first in Munich (1982), West Germany, then in Reno (1986). In 1979 he won a gold medal at the Pan American Games.