Idel Torriente

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Torriente and the second or maternal family name is Leal.

Idel Torriente

Personal information

Born

September 9, 1986

Medal record

Men's Boxing
Competitor for Cuba
Pan American Games
Gold	2007 Rio	Featherweight

Idel Torriente Leal (born September 9, 1986) is a Cuban amateur boxer who won the Pan American featherweight title 2007 and qualified for the Olympics.

Career

In 2006 the southpaw beat teenage star Roniel Iglesias in the semis of the bantamweight national championships but lost the final to superstar Guillermo Rigondeaux 4:13.

He went up to featherweight and won the national title vs Ivan Oñate 21:18. At the PanAms 2007 he beat Jesús Cuéllar (Arg), Nicholas Walters (Jam), Orlando Rizo and Abner Cotto (PR) in the final 7:5.

He lost his national title 2008 to archrival Iván Oñate but was sent to the qualifier where he qualified for the Olympics by beating Robson Conceiçao and Luis Enrique Porozo. In Beijing he beat Prince Octopus Dzanie 11:2, Enkhzorig Zorigtbaatar 10:9 but lost to Shahin Imranov 16:18 and didn't medal.

In 2009 he went up to lightweight but lost the national final to Lorenzo Sotamayor. He was sent regardless to the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships where he beat two unknowns then ran into favorite Domenico Valentino and lost 5:10.

References

v t e Pan American Boxing Champions in Men's Featherweight

1951 – 2007: up to 57 kg

1951: Francisco Núñez (ARG) 1955: Oswaldo Cañete (ARG) 1959: Carlos Aro (ARG) 1963: Rosemiro Mateus (BRA) 1967: Miguel García (ARG) 1971: Juan García (MEX) 1975: David Armstrong (USA) 1979: Bernard Taylor (USA) 1983: Adolfo Horta (CUB) 1987: Kelcie Banks (USA) 1991 – 1995: Arnaldo Mesa (CUB) 1999: Yudel Johnson (CUB) 2003: Likar Ramos (COL) 2007: Idel Torriente (CUB)

Persondata
Name	Torriente, Idel
Alternative names
Short description	Cuban boxer
Date of birth	September 9, 1986
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.