Andrés Aldama

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Olympic medal record
Men's Boxing
Gold 1980 Moscow Welterweight
Silver 1976 Montreal Light welterweight
Pan American Games
Gold San Juan 1979 Welterweight

Andrés Aldama Cabrera (born April 9, 1956) was a Cuban boxer, who won the light welterweight silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the Welterweight Gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Aldama defeated John Mugabi to win the 1980 medal, and lost to Sugar Ray Leonard to capture the 1976 medal. In 1979 he won a gold medal at the Pan American Games.


[edit] Olympic Results

1976

  • 1st round bye
  • Defeated Sabahattin Bürçü (Turkey) RSC 2
  • Defeated Jesus Sánchez (Dominican Republic) RSC 2
  • Defeated József Nagy (Hungary) TKO 2
  • Defeated Vladimir Kolev (Bulgaria) KO 1
  • Lost to Sugar Ray Leonard (United States) 0-5

1980

  • Defeated Pierre Sotoumey (Benin) TKO 3
  • Defeated Israel Akopkokhyan (Soviet Union) 3-2
  • Defeated Plamen Yankov (Bulgaria) KO 3
  • Defeated Karl-Heinz Krüger (East Germany) 5-0
  • Defeated John Mugabi (Uganda) 4-1