Adolfo Horta
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| File:Adolfo Horta - Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1985-0331-006, Halle-Saale, XIV. Internationales Chemie-Pokal-Turnier, Boxer (1985).jpg Adolfo Horta at the awards ceremony of the 1985 Chemistry Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nickname | El hombre del boxeo total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Error creating thumbnail: Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Adolfo Horta Martínez 3 October 1957 San Lorenzo, Santiago de Cuba Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 November 2016 (aged 59) Camagüey, Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | Bantamweight Featherweight Lightweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adolfo Horta (3 October 1957 – 28 November 2016) was a Cuban amateur boxer, who won the silver medal in the Men's Featherweight division (– 57 kg) at age 22 at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He was beaten by East Germany's Rudi Fink on points (1-4).[1] Horta won eleven consecutive national championships and three gold medals in the World Amateur Boxing Championships in different weight classes, which appears to have been a unique achievement, but he would never return to the Olympics, as Cuba boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics.[citation needed]
1980 Olympic results
[edit | edit source]- Round of 64: bye
- Round of 32: Odd Bengtsson (Sweden) by decision, 5-0
- Round of 16: Titi Cercel (Romania) by decision, 5-0
- Quarterfinal: Defeated Luis Pizarro (Puerto Rico) by decision, 5-0
- Semifinal: Defeated Krysztof Kosedowski (Poland) by walkover
- Final: Lost to Rudi Fink (East Germany) by decision, 1-4 (was awarded silver medal)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Falleció Adolfo Horta, el hombre del boxeo total (in Spanish)
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Amateur Record (Archived 2009-10-24)
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Categories:
- 1957 births
- 2016 deaths
- Sportspeople from Santiago de Cuba Province
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Olympic boxers for Cuba
- Boxers at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Boxers at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Cuba
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Cuban male boxers
- IBA Men's World Boxing Championships medalists
- Pan American Games gold medalists in boxing
- Bantamweight boxers
- Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Cuban sportsmen
- Cuban boxing biography stubs
- Cuban Olympic medalist stubs