Orlando Martínez
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| Medal record | |||
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| Men's Boxing | |||
Competitor for  Cuba |
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1972 Munich | Bantamweight | |
| Pan American Games | |||
| Gold | Mexico City 1975 | Bantamweight | |
Orlando Martínez Romero (born September 2, 1944)[1] is a former bantamweight boxer from Cuba, who won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Three years later he captured the gold at the 1975 Pan American Games. Orlando was awarded a hotly disputed 3-2 split decision over Great Britain's George Turpin in the 1972 Munich Olympics semi final, before coasting to a comfortable points win over future World Bantamweight Champion Alfonzo Zamora in the final to win the Gold medal.
[edit] Olympic Results
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Maung Win (Burma) 4-1
- Defeated Michael Dowling (Ireland) 3-2
- Defeated Ferry Moniaga (Indonesia) 5-0
- Defeated George Turpin (Great Britain) 3-2
- Defeated Alfonso Zamora (Mexico) 5-0
- ^ Cuban sources report his year of birth: 1946
[edit] External links
- profile (Spanish)
- profile (Spanish)
- dataOlympics profile
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