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He won the gold medal in the [[Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's bantamweight|men's bantamweight]] event at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]. Ramirez won four matches; beating [[Shiva Thapa]], [[Mohamed Hamout]], [[Zhang Jiawei]], and [[Murodjon Akhmadaliev]] to get to the final. Robeisy beat American favorite [[Shakur Stevenson]] 2-1 in the final match to win his second Olympic gold.
He won the gold medal in the [[Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's bantamweight|men's bantamweight]] event at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]. Ramirez won four matches; beating [[Shiva Thapa]], [[Mohamed Hamout]], [[Zhang Jiawei]], and [[Murodjon Akhmadaliev]] to get to the final. Robeisy beat American favorite [[Shakur Stevenson]] 2-1 in the final match to win his second Olympic gold.
El 5 de julio de 2018, decide no seguir más con el equipo que se entrenaba en la ciudad mexicana de Aguascalientes de cara a los XXIII Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe de Barranquilla.


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==

Revision as of 19:34, 6 July 2018

Robeisy Ramírez
Personal information
NationalityCuba
Born (1993-12-20) December 20, 1993 (age 30)
Cienfuegos, Cuba
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country Cuba
SportBoxing
Event(s)Flyweight, Bantamweight
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2012, 2016
Highest world ranking1
Medal record
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Flyweight
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Bantamweight
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Flyweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz Bantamweight
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Singapore Bantamweight
AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Baku Bantamweight

Robeisy Eloy Ramírez Carrazana (born December 20, 1993) is an amateur boxer from Cienfuegos, Cuba. A product of the highly renowned Cuban School of Boxing, Ramirez is a two time Olympic gold medalist.

In the flyweight boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he beat Nyambayaryn Tögstsogt to claim his first Olympic gold medal.[1] In the bantamweight boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro he beat Shakur Stevenson to claim his second Olympic gold medal.

Biography

Ramirez was born in Cienfuegos.

At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he routed his first opponents but was edged out by eventual Russian champion Misha Aloyan. Nevertheless, Ramirez qualified for the Olympics. At the 2011 Pan American Games, he won gold in the flyweight division.

He won the gold medal in the men's bantamweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Ramirez won four matches; beating Shiva Thapa, Mohamed Hamout, Zhang Jiawei, and Murodjon Akhmadaliev to get to the final. Robeisy beat American favorite Shakur Stevenson 2-1 in the final match to win his second Olympic gold. El 5 de julio de 2018, decide no seguir más con el equipo que se entrenaba en la ciudad mexicana de Aguascalientes de cara a los XXIII Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe de Barranquilla.

Personal life

Ramirez is married and has a daughter. After capturing his second Olympic championship, Ramirez plans on pursuing a 3rd Olympic championship 2020, at the moment he has no intentions of turning professional.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Flyweight gold for Robeisy Carrazana Ramirez". BBC Sport. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Robeisy Ramirez". Rio 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.