Diógenes Luna
Cuban boxer (born 1977)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diógenes Luna Martínez (born May 1, 1977) is a boxer from Cuba, who won the bronze medal in the light welterweight division (– 63.5 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. In the semifinals he was defeated by eventual runner-up Ricardo Williams from the United States. A year later he won the world title at the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
BornMay 1, 1977
Guantanamo, Cuba
SportBoxing
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | May 1, 1977 Guantanamo, Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results
- 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Kevin Placide (Trinidad) RSC-3
- Defeated Julio Jean (Haiti) RSC-1
- Defeated José Luis Zertuche (Mexico) +26:26
- 1999 Pan American Games
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Gibeon Gonzalez (Virgin Islands) RSC-1
- Lost to Victor Hugo Castro (Argentina) 3:6
- 2000 Olympic Games
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Willy Blain (France) 25:14
- Defeated Saleh Abdelbary Maksoud (Egypt) RSC-2
- Lost to Ricardo Williams, Jr. (United States) 41:42
References
- Diógenes Luna at Olympedia
- Diógenes Luna at InterSportStats
 | This biographical article related to a Cuban boxer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |
 | This article about a Cuban Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |