Rogelio Marcelo
Cuban boxer (born 1965)
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Rogelio Marcelo García (born June 11, 1965, in Guantánamo) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the light flyweight (– 48 kg) division during the early 1990s.
Rogelio Marcelo (front row, second from right) in 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Rogelio Marcelo García | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Cuban | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 11, 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Light Flyweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marcelo lost in 1989 and 1991 at the world championships finals to American winner Eric Griffin but represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where he won the gold medal (Griffin lost to Rafael Lozano 5-6 ). A year earlier, at the Pan Am Games in Havana, Cuba, he had triumphed in the same division.
Olympic results
- Defeated Mfamasibili Mnisi (Swaziland) RSC 3 (0:55)
- Defeated Erdenentsogt Tsogtjargal (Mongolia) 14–2
- Defeated Rafael Lozano (Spain) 11–3
- Defeated Roel Velasco (Philippines) RSC 1 (1:36)
- Defeated Daniel Bojinov (Bulgaria) 24-10
References
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