Ángel Herrera Vera

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

1976 Summer Olympics - Montreal

Round of 64: bye

Round of 32: Defeated Rai Sik (India) KO 1

Round of 16: Defeated Angel Pacheco (Venezuela) 5-0

Quarterfinal: Defeated Davey Lee Armstrong (United States) 3-2

Semifinal: Defeated Juan Paredes (Mexico) 5-0

Final: Defeated Richard Nowakowski (East Germany) KO 2

1978 World Amateur Championships

Defeated Hirochi Ganobe (Japan) RSC-3

Defeated Viorel Ioana (Romania) walkover

Defeated Roman Gotfryd (Poland) by decision, 5-0

Defeated Bratislav Ristić (Yugoslavia) by decision, 4-1

1980 Summer Olympics - Moscow

Round of 32 Carlo Russolillo (Italy) by decision, 5-0

Round of 16: Defeated Geza Tumbas (Yugoslavia) by decision, 5-0

Quarterfinal: Defeated Galsandorj Batbileg (Mongolia) by decision, 5-0

Semifinal: Defeated Kazimierz Adach (Poland) by decision, 5-0

Final: Defeated Viktor Demyanenko (USSR) TKO 3

1982 World Amateur Championships

Defeated Juhito Arai (Japan) 5:0

Defeated Kosem Barake (Israel) KO-2

Defeated Lofti Belkhir (Tunisia) RSC-1

Defeated Viorel Ioana (Romania) 4:1

Defeated Pernell Whitaker (United States) 3:2

References

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1957 births

Living people

Boxers at the 1979 Pan American Games

Boxers at the 1983 Pan American Games

Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Olympic boxers for Cuba

Olympic gold medalists for Cuba

Sportspeople from Guantánamo

Olympic medalists in boxing

Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Cuban male boxers

AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists

Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba

Pan American Games medalists in boxing

Featherweight boxers

Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games