Jorge Hernández (boxer)
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| Full name | Jorge Hernández Padron | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 November 1954 Havana, Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 December 2019 (aged 65) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 47 kg (104 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Jorge Hernández Padron[a] (17 November 1954 – 12 December 2019) born in Havana was a boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the light flyweight division (– 48 kg) by defeating North Korea's Li Byong-Uk in the final. Four years later, when Moscow hosted the Games, he was eliminated in the second round in the flyweight division (– 51 kg).
Hernández won the world title at the inaugural 1974 World Championships in Havana, Cuba, followed by the silver medal four years later, when Belgrade hosted the World Championships. He also captured the gold at the 1975 Pan American Games.
Results
[edit]1976 Olympic Games
[edit]- Round of 32 Defeated Beyhan Fuchedzhiev (Bulgaria) RSC 3
- Round of 16: Defeated Zoffa Yarawi (Papua New Guinea) KO 3
- Quarterfinal: Defeated Chan-Hee Park (South Korea) by decision, 3–2
- Semifinal: Defeated Orlando Maldonado (Puerto Rico) by decision, 5–0
- Final: Defeated Li Byong-Uk (North Korea) 4–1 (won gold medal)
1979 Pan American Games
[edit]- Defeated Manuel Mariona (El Salvador) points
- Lost to Jerome Coffee (United States) points
1980 Olympic Games
[edit]- 1st round bye
- Lost to Viktor Miroshnichenko (Soviet Union) by decision, 1–4
Notes
[edit]- ↑ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Hernández and the second or maternal family name is Padron.
References
[edit]- "Jorge Hernández". databaseOlympics.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jorge Hernández". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
External links
[edit]- Jorge Hernandez Padron at Olympics.com
- Jorge Hernández at Olympedia
- Jorge Hernández at InterSportStats
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