Lenier Pero
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's amateur boxing | ||
Representing  Cuba
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| Pan American Games | ||
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2011 Guadalajara | Heavyweight |
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2015 Toronto | Super heavyweight |
| Youth Olympic Games | ||
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2010 Singapore | Heavyweight |
| Youth World Championships | ||
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2010 Baku | Heavyweight |
Leinier Eunice Peró Justiz (born November 24, 1992, in Camagüey),[1] known as Leinier Peró,[2] is a Cuban amateur boxer who has won two gold medals in the Pan American Games. He is a southpaw.
In 2010 he became Junior World Champion. At the 2011 Pan American Games he first defeated Canadian Steve Couture, then Argentinian Yamil Peralta. In the final he beat fellow southpaw Julio Castillo from Ecuador. He won the Super-heavyweight title at the 2015 Pan American Games.
He reached the quarter-finals of the 2016 Olympics, where he lost to Filip Hrgović of Croatia.
References
- ^ "Lenier Eunice Pero Justiz". AIBA. Archived from the original on 2012-05-13.
- ^ Prada, Paulo (August 13, 2016). "Cuban boxer dedicates win to Castro on 90th birthday". Reuters.
External links
- Leinier Pero at AIBA.org (archived)
- Leinier Peró at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Leinier Eunice Pero at Olympics.com
- Junior World Championships 2010
+81 kg (1951–1979) · 91 kg (1983–) | |
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+91 kg (1983–) | |
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Categories:
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Camagüey
- Cuban male boxers
- Heavyweight boxers
- Olympic boxers of Cuba
- Boxers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
- Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Pan American Games medalists in boxing
- Boxers at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Boxers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Youth Olympic gold medalists for Cuba