Not to be confused with Juan Hernández Sierra. Cuban boxer (born 1962) In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Hernández and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
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| Full name | Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 December 1962 (1962-12-24) (age 61) Pilón, Granma, Cuba | ||||||||||||||
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Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez (born 24 December 1962) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who won the gold medal in the Bantamweight division (-54 kg) at age seventeen at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. In the final, he defeated Venezuela's Bernardo Piñango on points (5-0).
1980 Olympic results
- Round of 64: bye
- Round of 32: Defeated Sándor Farkas (Hungary) by decision, 4-1
- Round of 16: Defeated Ayele Mohammed (Ethiopia) referee stopped the contest in the second round
- Quarterfinal: Defeated Geraldi Issaick (Tanzania) referee stopped the contest in the first round
- Semifinal: Defeated Michael Anthony (Guyana) by decision, 5-0
- Final: Defeated Bernardo Piñango (Venezuela) by decision, 5-0
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Juan Hernández Pérez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
External links
- Juan Hernández at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Juan Hernández Pérez at Olympedia (archive)
- Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez at Olympics.com
| Olympic boxing champions – men's bantamweight | |
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| 1904: 105–115 lb (47.6–52.2 kg), 1908: −116 lb (52.6 kg), 1920–1928: 112–118 lb (50.8–53.5 kg), 1932–1936: 112–119 lb (50.8–54.0 kg), 1948–2008: 51–54 kg, 2012: 52–56 kg, 2016: 53–56 kg | |
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