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| Full name | Jorge Gutiérrez Espinosa | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | El Guajito | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1975-09-18) September 18, 1975 (age 49) Camagüey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Middleweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jorge Gutiérrez Espinosa (born 18 September 1975, in Camagüey) is a former boxer from Cuba. He won the Middleweight Gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Gutiérrez's Olympic results were:
- Defeated Somchai Chimlum (Thailand) 20–11
- Defeated Antonios Giannoulas (Greece) 20–7
- Defeated Adrian Diaconu (Romania) KO 1
- Defeated Vugar Alekperov (Azerbaijan) 19–9
- Defeated Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov (Russia) 17–15
He was technically too old to compete in the 1994 World Junior Championship. He was 19 years old, born in 1975 (the limit was 1976). He competed anyway and won the gold medal.
Amateur highlights
- 1994 World Junior champion at 71 kg
- 1998 World cup champion at 75 kg
- 1999 Pan American Games champion at 71 kg
- 1999 World Championship Silver medalist, losing by WO to Marian Simion (ROM)
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jorge Gutiérrez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
| Olympic boxing champions – men's middleweight | |
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| 1904: 145–158 lb (65.8–71.7 kg) · 1908: 140–158 lb (63.5–71.7 kg) · 1920–1936: 147–160 lb (66.7–72.6 kg) · 1948: 67–73 kg · 1952–2000: 71–75 kg · 2004–2012: 69–75 kg · 2016–2020: 70–75 kg · 2024–: 72–80 kg | |
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| Pan American Champions in Boxing – Men's Light Middleweight | |
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| 71 kg (1955–1999) | |
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