Roberto Balado
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Balado and the second or maternal family name is Mendez.
|
Roberto Balado (left) facing Arnold Vanderlyde in Berlin, 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roberto Balado Mendez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
February 15, 1969 Jovellanos, Matanzas Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
July 2, 1994 (aged 25) Havana, Ciudad de la Habana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rated at | Super Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=icon}
Roberto Balado Mendez (February 15, 1969 – July 2, 1994) was a Cuban boxer. At the 1992 Summer Olympics he won a Gold medal in the men's Super Heavyweight (+91 kg) category.
He was Olympic champion in 1992, three times world champion (Moscow 1989, Sydney 1991, and Tampere 1993), and five times Cuban national champion. He was also the winner of the Val Barker Trophy for Outstanding Boxer at the 1992 Olympic Games.
Death
Roberto Balado died in a crash at a train crossing in Havana, on July 2, 1994.
Olympic results
- Defeated Tom Glesby (Canada) 16-3
- Defeated Larry Donald (United States) 10-4
- Defeated Brian Nielsen (Denmark) 15-1
- Defeated Richard Igbineghu (Nigeria) 13-2
References
External links
- Amateur Record Page at the Wayback Machine (archived October 27, 2009)
- sports-reference
| ||||||||||
| ||||||||||
| ||||||||||
| ||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, April 28, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.