Jorge Hernández (boxer)

For the Mexican football player, see Jorge Hernández (footballer).

Jorge Hernández

Personal information
Full name	Jorge Hernández Padron
Nationality	Cuba
Born	(1954-11-17) November 17, 1954
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	47 kg (104 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Light Flyweight
Medal record Olympic Games 1976 Montreal Light Flyweight World Championships 1974 Havana Light Flyweight 1978 Belgrade Light Flyweight Pan American Games 1975 Mexico City Light Flyweight

Jorge Hernández (born November 17, 1954 in Havana) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the light flyweight division (– 48 kg) by defeating North Korea's Li Byong-Uk in the final. Four years later, when Moscow hosted the Games, he was eliminated in the second round of the flyweight division (– 51 kg).

Hernández won the world title at the inaugural 1974 World Championships in Havana, Cuba, followed by the silver medal four years later, when Belgrade hosted the World Championships. He also captured the gold at the 1975 Pan American Games.

Results

1976 Olympic Games

• Defeated Beyhan Fuchedzhiev (Bulgaria) RSC 3
• Defeated Zoffa Zarawi (Papua New Guinea) KO 3cc
• Defeated Chan-Hee Park (South Korea) 3-2
• Defeated Orlando Maldonado (Puerto Rico) 5-0
• Defeated Li Byong-Uk (North Korea) 4-1

1979 Pan American Games

• Defeated Manuel Mariona (El Salvador) points
• Lost to Jerome Coffee (United States) points

1980 Olympic Games

• 1st round bye
• Lost to Viktor Miroshnichenko (Soviet Union) 1-4

References

• databaseOlympics
• sports-reference