Juan Carlos Lemus
Juan Carlos Lemus|
Juan Carlos Lemus (left) facing Siegfried Mehnert at a boxing tournament in Berlin, 1989 |
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| Full name |
Juan Carlos Lemus García |
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| Nationality |
 Cuba |
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| Born |
(1965-05-06) May 6, 1965 |
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| Height |
1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
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| Weight |
71 kg (157 lb) |
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| Sport |
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| Sport |
Boxing |
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| Rated at |
Light Middleweight |
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Juan Carlos Lemus Garcia (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.
Lemus 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.
Recently he resides in Canary Islands.
Olympic results
- Defeated Arkadiy Topayev (Unified Team) 11-0
- 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
Boxan gold medal Pre-olympics Barcelona 1992 and best boxer of the tournament also, with Oscar de la Hoya.
References
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- 1951 – 1999: up to 67 kg
- 2003 – 2011: up to 69 kg
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