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Rolando Garbey

Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
	1968 Mexico City	Light Middleweight
	1976 Montreal	Light Middleweight
World Championships
	1974 Havana	Light Middleweight
Pan American Games
	1967 Winnipeg	Light Middleweight
	1971 Cali	Light Middleweight
	1975 Mexico City	Light Middleweight

Rolando Garbey (November 19, 1947 – December 16, 2023) was a Cuban boxer. He competed in the Light Middleweight (71 kg) category. He won an Olympic silver medal in 1968 and a bronze medal in 1976. In 1974, at the inaugural 1974 World Championships in Havana, Cuba, he won the world title. Garbey was also a gold medalist at light middleweight at the Pan-American games in 1967, 1971, and 1975.

Garbey died from a cardiac arrest in Havana, on December 16, 2023, at the age of 76.

Olympic results

Mexico City - 1968

• Quarterfinal: Defeated Eric Blake (Great Britain) by first-round knockout
• Semifinal: Defeated Johnny Baldwin (United States) by decision, 4-1
• Final: Lost to Boris Lagutin (Soviet Union) by decision, 0-5 (was awarded silver medal)

Munich - 1972

• Defeated Ricky Barnor (Ghana) by decision, 5-0
• Defeated Franz Csandl (Austria) by decision, 5-0
• Defeated Jae Keun-Lim (South Korea) by second-round technical knockout
• Lost to Wiesław Rudkowski (Poland) by decision, 1-4

Montreal - 1976

• Round of 32: Defeated Dashnian Olzwoi (Mongolia) by third-round knockout
• Round of 16: Defeated Earl Liburd (Virgin Islands) referee stopped contest in second round
• Quarterfinal: Defeated Kalevi Kosunen (Finland) referee stopped contest in first round
• Semifinal: Lost to Tadija Kačar (Yugoslavia) by decision, 1-4 (was awarded bronze medal)

References

1. "El boxeo de luto: falleció Rolando Garbey, campeón mundial y medallista olímpico". 17 December 2023.

External links

• Record at the Wayback Machine (archived October 27, 2009)

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