Juan Carlos Lemus

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Medal record
Competitor for Flag of Cuba Cuba
Men’s Boxing
Olympic Games
Gold 1992 Barcelona Light Middleweight
World Amateur Championships
Gold 1991 Sydney Light Middleweight
Pan American Games
Gold 1987 Indianapolis Light Middleweight
Gold 1991 Havana Light Middleweight

Juan Carlos Lemus (born May 6, 1965) is a Cuban boxer, who won the gold medal in the men's Light Middleweight (71 kg) category at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

He also was awarded the gold medal at the 1987 Pan American Games, as well as the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 1991, beating the reigning champion at that time, Israel Akopkochyan.

[edit] Olympic Results

  • Defeated Arkadiy Topayev (Unified Team)
  • Defeated Markus Beyer (Germany) RSCH 1 (0:44)
  • Defeated Igors Saplavskis (Latvia) 12-2
  • Defeated György Mizsei (Hungary) 10-2
  • Defeated Orhan Delibaş (Netherlands) 6-1
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