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Lorenzo Sotomayor

Sotomayor at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Lorenzo Sotomayor Collazo
Nationality	Azerbaijani
Born	(1985-02-16) 16 February 1985 (age 39) Havana, Cuba
Education	Higher Institute of Physical Culture Manuel Fajardo
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Club	Gabala
Coached by	Lazaro Martinez
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Azerbaijan Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Light welterweight European Games 2015 Baku Light welterweight 2019 Minsk Welterweight

Lorenzo Sotomayor Collazo (born 16 February 1985) is a Cuban-born Azerbaijani light-welterweight boxer who won a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics. He is a nephew of the high jumper Javier Sotomayor. In 2013 he moved from Cuba to Azerbaijan to increase his chances for Olympic selection. He chose to compete as Collazo, which means "shining star".

References

1. "LORENZO SOTOMAYOR COLLAZO – 64KG". AIBA. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
2. "Lorenzo Sotomayor". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
3. ^ "Lorenzo Sotomayor Collazo". nbcolympics.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016.
4. "Lorenzo Sotomayor: Boxer who followed heart into Rio final". Daily Nation. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.

External links

• Media related to Lorenzo Sotomayor at Wikimedia Commons
• Lorenzo Sotomayor at Olympics.com
• Lorenzo Sotomayor at Olympedia
• Lorenzo Sotomayor at the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan (in Azerbaijani)

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Gold medalists	Zemfira Meftahatdinova Namig Abdullayev Farid Mansurov Elnur Mammadli Toghrul Asgarov Sharif Sharifov Radik Isayev Hidayat Heydarov Zelym Kotsoiev
Silver medalists	Namig Abdullayev Rovshan Bayramov (2 titles) Mariya Stadnik (2 titles) Rustam Orujov Elmar Gasimov Valentin Demyanenko Toghrul Asgarov Lorenzo Sotomayor Khetag Gazyumov
Bronze medalists	Vugar Alakbarov Irada Ashumova Zemfira Meftahatdinova Fuad Aslanov Aghasi Mammadov Movlud Miraliyev Mariya Stadnik Khetag Gazyumov (2 titles) Shahin Imranov Emin Ahmadov Yuliya Ratkevich Teymur Mammadov Magomedrasul Majidov Sabah Shariati Inna Osypenko-Radomska Rasul Chunayev Patimat Abakarova Kamran Shakhsuvarly Nataliya Synyshyn Haji Aliyev Jabrayil Hasanov Milad Beigi Sharif Sharifov

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