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Lázaro Álvarez

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Lázaro Álvarez
Álvarez at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameLázaro Álvarez Estrada
Nationality Cuba
Born (1991-01-28) January 28, 1991 (age 33)
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classBantamweight, lightweight
Medal record
Representing  Cuba
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 2
World Championships 3 0 0
Pan American Games 2 0 0
Central American and Caribbean Games 1 0 0
Total 6 0 2
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Bantamweight
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Lightweight
World Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Baku Bantamweight
Gold medal – first place 2013 Almaty Lightweight
Gold medal – first place 2015 Doha Lightweight
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Bantamweight
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Lightweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz Lightweight

Lázaro Álvarez Estrada (born 28 January 1991) is a Cuban amateur boxer who won the world title in 2011, 2013 and 2015. He also won gold medals at the 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games and bronze medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. He is a southpaw.

Career

In the final of 2011 World Championships, he beat Luke Campbell from England after 3 rounds with 14–10 final score.[1][2]

Later that year he also won the 2011 Pan American title (results) vs Mexican Oscar Valdez.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics (results) he beat American Joseph Diaz and Robenílson Vieira but lost to Irish John Joe Nevin 14-19 and won Bronze.

He won the bronze medal at the men's lightweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]

References

  1. ^ "British duo Andrew Selby and Luke Campbell win world boxing silver". guardian.co.uk. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  2. ^ "WORLD BOXING: Britain forced to settle for three silvers in Baku". epost.co.uk. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Lazaro Jorge Alvarez". Rio 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
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