Manuel Mantilla

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Manuel Mantilla
Personal information
Full nameManuel Mantilla Rodríguez
Nationality Cuba
Born (1973-09-25) September 25, 1973 (age 50)
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classFlyweight
Medal record
World Amateur Boxing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Budapest Flyweight
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Winnipeg Flyweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 1993 Ponce Flyweight
Gold medal – first place 1998 Maracaibo Flyweight
Goodwill Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Saint Petersburg Light Flyweight

Manuel Mantilla (born September 25, 1973) is an amateur boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country in the Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) category at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

There he was stopped in the quarterfinals by Thailand's eventual gold medalist Wijan Ponlid. Mantilla won several medals in the same weight division on the continental level in the 1990s.

References[edit]

  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Manuel Mantilla". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.