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Ángel Herrera Vera

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Ángel Herrera
Angel Herrera battling Siegfried Mehnert (GDR)
Personal information
Full nameÁngel Herrera Vera
Nationality Cuba
Born (1957-08-02) August 2, 1957 (age 67)
Guantánamo
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classLightweight and Featherweight
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal Featherweight
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Lightweight
Friendship Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Havana Lightweight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1978 Belgrade Featherweight
Gold medal – first place 1982 Munich Lightweight
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1983 Caracas Lightweight

Ángel Herrera Vera (born August 2, 1957 in Guantánamo) is a Cuban amateur boxer, who won two Olympic gold medals, and the world title at the second World Championships in Belgrade.

First competing in the featherweight (– 57 kg) category, he won the 1976 Olympics as well as the 1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He then competed in lightweight (– 60 kg) to win another Olympic gold in 1980, and his second World Title in Munich, West Germany. In 1983 he won a silver medal at the Pan American Games.

Results

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1976 Summer Olympics - Montreal

1978 World Amateur Championships

1980 Summer Olympics - Moscow

1982 World Amateur Championships

References

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