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| Full name | Gabriel Hernández Romero | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Dominican Republic | ||||||||||||
| Born | July 13, 1973 La Romana |
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| Died | June 25, 2001 (aged 27) Yonkers, New York |
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| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (180 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||
| Rated at | Light Heavyweight | ||||||||||||
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Gabriel Hernández Romero (July 13, 1973 – June 25, 2001) was a male boxer from the Dominican Republic, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he was stopped in the first round of the men's light heavyweight division by South Africa's Sybrand Botes (11-16).
A bronze medal winner at the 1995 Pan American Games Hernández made his professional debut on November 15, 1996 defeating Shawn Cornell by knock-out in the first round. He committed suicide, aged 27, nine days after his last bout against Ralph Monday.