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Name
  
Arnaldo Mesa

Role
  
Boxer

Martial art
  
Boxing


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Born
  
December 6, 1967 (
1967-12-06
)
Holguin, Cuba

Died
  
December 17, 2012, Holguin, Cuba

Olympic medals
  
Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Bantamweight

Similar People
  
Raimkul Malakhbekov, Istvan Kovacs, Vichairachanon Khadpo

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Arnaldo Mesa Bonell (6 December 1967 – 17 December 2012) was a retired boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. In the final of the Bantamweight (– 54 kg) division he was defeated by Hungary's István Kovács. A year earlier, at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, he captured the gold medal in his division. In 1986 he already won the bronze medal at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno.

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He died due to a heart attack two weeks after his 45th birthday on 17 December 2012.

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Olympic results

  • Defeated John Larbi (Sweden) 19-5
  • Defeated Zahir Raheem (United States) RSC 1 (2:15)
  • Defeated Rachid Bouaita (France) 15-8
  • Defeated Raimkul Malakhbekov (Russia) 14-14 (referee's decision)
  • Lost to István Kovács (Hungary) 7-14
  • References

    Arnaldo Mesa Wikipedia