Ángel Herrera Vera
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| Medal record | |||
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| Men’s Boxing | |||
Competitor for  Cuba |
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1976 Montreal | Featherweight | |
| Gold | 1980 Moscow | Lightweight | |
| World Amateur Championships | |||
| Gold | 1978 Belgrade | Featherweight | |
| Gold | 1982 Munich | Lightweight | |
| Pan American Games | |||
| Silver | 1983 Caracas | Lightweight | |
Ángel Herrera Vera (born August 2, 1957) is a Cuban boxer, who won two Olympic gold medals, and the world title at the second World Championships in Belgrade.
First competing in the Featherweight (57 kg) category, he won the 1976 Olympics as well as the 1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He then competed in Lightweight (60 kg) to win another Olympic gold in 1980, and his second World Title in Munich, West Germany. In 1983 he won a silver medal at the Pan American Games.
[edit] Olympic Results
1976
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Rai Sik (India) KO 1
- Defeated Angel Pacheco (Venezuela) 5-0
- Defeated Davey Lee Armstrong (United States) 3-2
- Defeated Juan Paredes (Mexico) 5-0
- Defeated Richard Nowakowski (East Germany) KO 2
1980
- Defeated Carlo Russolillo (Italy) 5-0
- Defeated Geza Tumbas (Yugoslavia) 5-0
- Defeated Galsandorj Batbileg (Mongolia) 5-0
- Defeated Kazimierz Adach (Poland) 5-0
- Defeated Viktor Demyanenko (USSR) TKO 3
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