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*1/4: Defeated [[Svilen Rusinov]] (Bulgaria) 23–6 |
*1/4: Defeated [[Svilen Rusinov]] (Bulgaria) 23–6 |
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*1/2: Defeated [[Maik Heydeck]] (West Germany) 20–2 |
*1/2: Defeated [[Maik Heydeck]] (West Germany) 20–2 |
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*Finals: Defeated [[Aleksandr Miroshnichenko]] (Soviet Union) 18–9 |
*Finals: Defeated [[Aleksandr Miroshnichenko]] (Soviet Union) 18–9 {{small|(Balado knocked down at 1:30 of the 3rd rd)}} |
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{{gold1}} XXIX [[Campeonato Nacional de Boxeo Playa Girón|Playa Girón National Championships]] (+91 kg), [[Cienfuegos, Cuba]], January 1990: |
{{gold1}} XXIX [[Campeonato Nacional de Boxeo Playa Girón|Playa Girón National Championships]] (+91 kg), [[Cienfuegos, Cuba]], January 1990: |
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*1/8: Defeated Livan Álvarez (Cuba) 33–7 |
*1/8: Defeated Livan Álvarez (Cuba) 33–7 |
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![]() Roberto Balado (left) facing Arnold Vanderlyde in Berlin, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Roberto Balado Mendez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Jovellanos, Matanzas Province | February 15, 1969|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | July 2, 1994 Havana, Ciudad de la Habana | (aged 25)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | Super Heavyweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Roberto Balado Méndez (February 15, 1969 – July 2, 1994) was a Cuban amateur boxer, who competed from 1986 to 1994. At the 1992 Summer Olympics he won a Gold medal in the men's super heavyweight (+91 kg).
A natural heavyweight, he was Olympic champion (Barcelona 1992), three times world champion (Moscow 1989, Sydney 1991, and Tampere 1993), and five times Cuban national champion. He was also the winner of the Val Barker Trophy for Outstanding Boxer at the 1992 Olympic Games.
Balado was at his prime, looking forward to win many forthcoming events, considered by some boxing experts to be the world's second-best amateur fighter after Félix Savón (who competed one weight division below),[1] and being one of the most probable candidates to win the 1995 Pan American games and 1996 Olympics, but died in a car accident at the absolute pinnacle of his career.
At the time of his death, age 25, he had 250 fights, with a record of 238 victories, and 12 losses.
Highlights
Gee-Bee Tournament (91 kg), Helsinki, Finland, April 1987:
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AIBA International Challenge (+91 kg), Berlin, Germany, March 1990:
XXIII Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (+91 kg), Manzanillo, Cuba, May 1990:
North America–Europe Duals (+91 kg), Salt Lake City, Utah, June 1990:
II Goodwill Games (+91 kg), Seattle, Washington, July 1990:
AIBA International Challenge (+91 kg), Bangkok, Thailand, February 1991:
XXXI Playa Girón National Championships (+91 kg), Pinar del Río, Cuba, January 1992:
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AIBA International Challenge (+91 kg), Tampa, Florida, April 1992:
AIBA International Challenge (+91 kg), Istanbul, Turkey, February 1993:
Europe–North America Duals (+91 kg), Berlin, Germany, March 1993:
Cuba–USA Duals (+91 kg), Biloxi, Mississippi, September 1993:
XXXIII Playa Girón National Championships (+91 kg), Ciego de Avila, Cuba, January 1994:
AIBA International Challenge (+91 kg), Dublin, Ireland, March 1994:
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Death
Roberto Balado died in a crash at a train crossing in Havana, on July 2, 1994.
References
- ^ CUBAN AMATEUR BOXING STAR KILLED IN ACCIDENT Deseret News.
External links
- Roberto Balado Partial Record (Amateur Boxing Results)
- Amateur career of Roberto Balado (in Spanish) compiled by Pedro Cabrera Isidrón of the Cuban Olympics Committee. Last updated: September 17, 2008
- Roberto Balado at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1969 births
- 1994 deaths
- Olympic boxers of Cuba
- Super-heavyweight boxers
- Olympic gold medalists for Cuba
- Boxers at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Road incident deaths in Cuba
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Cuban male boxers
- AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Pan American Games medalists in boxing
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Competitors at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Cuban boxing biography stubs