Rolando Garbey
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Medal record | ||
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Men's Boxing | ||
Representing Cuba | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1968 Mexico City | Light Middleweight | |
1976 Montreal | Light Middleweight | |
World Championships | ||
1974 Havana | Light Middleweight | |
Pan American Games | ||
1967 Winnipeg | Light Middleweight | |
1971 Cali | Light Middleweight | |
1975 Mexico City | Light Middleweight |
Rolando Garbey (November 19, 1947 – December 16, 2023) was a Cuban boxer. He competed in the Light Middleweight (71 kg) category. He won an Olympic silver medal in 1968 and a bronze medal in 1976. In 1974, at the inaugural 1974 World Championships in Havana, Cuba, he won the world title. Garbey was also a gold medalist at light middleweight at the Pan-American games in 1967, 1971, and 1975.
Garbey died from a cardiac arrest in Havana, on December 16, 2023, at the age of 76.[1]
Olympic results
Mexico City - 1968
- Quarterfinal: Defeated Eric Blake (Great Britain) by first-round knockout
- Semifinal: Defeated Johnny Baldwin (United States) by decision, 4-1
- Final: Lost to Boris Lagutin (Soviet Union) by decision, 0-5 (was awarded silver medal)
Munich - 1972
- Defeated Ricky Barnor (Ghana) by decision, 5-0
- Defeated Franz Csandl (Austria) by decision, 5-0
- Defeated Jae Keun-Lim (South Korea) by second-round technical knockout
- Lost to Wiesław Rudkowski (Poland) by decision, 1-4
Montreal - 1976
- Round of 32: Defeated Dashnian Olzwoi (Mongolia) by third-round knockout
- Round of 16: Defeated Earl Liburd (Virgin Islands) referee stopped contest in second round
- Quarterfinal: Defeated Kalevi Kosunen (Finland) referee stopped contest in first round
- Semifinal: Lost to Tadija Kačar (Yugoslavia) by decision, 1-4 (was awarded bronze medal)
References
External links
- Record at the Wayback Machine (archived October 27, 2009)
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