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Full name
  
Ariel Hernandez Azcuy

Role
  
Boxer

Rated at
  
Name
  
Ariel Hernandez

Martial art
  
Sport
  
Boxing

Weight
  
75 kg

Nationality
  
Cuba

Height
  
1.82 m


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Born
  
May 3, 1970or April 8, 1972 (
1970-05-031972-04-08
)
Guane, Pinar del Rio, Cuba

Olympic medals
  
Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Middleweight

Similar People
  
Malik Beyleroglu, Rhoshii Wells, Chris Byrd, Chris Johnson

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Ariel Hernández Azcuy (born May 3, 1970 – April 8, 1972) is a boxer from Cuba, who won two Olympic gold medals in the Middleweight division (71–75 kg); at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. He captured the world title at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, just two months after having triumphed at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata.

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Amateur accomplishments

  • Twice Olympic Gold Medalist (Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996)
  • Twice Junior World Champion (Bayamon 1989, Lima 1990)
  • Twice World Champion (Tampere 1993, Berlin 1995)
  • Seven-time Cuban National Champion (1992–1998)
  • Olympic results

    1992

  • Defeated Joseph Laryea (Ghana) 6-0
  • Defeated Gilberto Brown (Virgin Islands) 13-2
  • Defeated Sven Ottke (Germany) 14-6
  • Defeated Lee Seung-Bae (South Korea) 14-1
  • Defeated Chris Byrd (United States) 12-7
  • 1996

  • Defeated Kabary Salem (Egypt) 11-2
  • Defeated Sven Ottke (Germany) 5-0
  • Defeated Alexander Lebziak (Russia) 15-8
  • Defeated Rhoshii Wells (United States) 17-8
  • Defeated Malik Beyleroğlu (Turkey) 11-3
  • Pan American Games results

    1995

  • Defeated Jorge Melo Silva (Brazil) RSC-1
  • Defeated Alex James (Grenada) RSC-1
  • Defeated Ronald Simms (United States) KO-1
  • Defeated Ricardo Araneda (Chile) 13-0
  • References

    Ariel Hernández (boxer) Wikipedia