Jorge Hernández (November 17, 1954 – December 12, 2019) born in Havana was a boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the light flyweight division (– 48 kg) by defeating North Korea's Li Byong-Uk in the final. Four years later, when Moscow hosted the Games, he was eliminated in the second round in the flyweight division (– 51 kg).
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jorge, hernández, boxer, jorge, hernández, november, 1954, december, 2019, born, havana, boxer, from, cuba, represented, native, country, 1976, summer, olympics, montreal, canada, there, gold, medal, light, flyweight, division, defeating, north, korea, byong, . Jorge Hernandez November 17 1954 December 12 2019 born in Havana was a boxer from Cuba who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal Canada There he won the gold medal in the light flyweight division 48 kg by defeating North Korea s Li Byong Uk in the final Four years later when Moscow hosted the Games he was eliminated in the second round in the flyweight division 51 kg Jorge HernandezPersonal informationFull nameJorge Hernandez PadronNationalityCubanBorn 1954 11 17 17 November 1954Havana CubaDied12 December 2019 2019 12 12 aged 65 Height1 70 m 5 ft 7 in Weight47 kg 104 lb SportSportBoxingWeight classLight FlyweightMedal record Olympic Games 1976 Montreal Light Flyweight World Championships 1974 Havana Light Flyweight 1978 Belgrade Light Flyweight Pan American Games 1975 Mexico City Light Flyweight Hernandez won the world title at the inaugural 1974 World Championships in Havana Cuba followed by the silver medal four years later when Belgrade hosted the World Championships He also captured the gold at the 1975 Pan American Games Contents 1 Results 1 1 1976 Olympic Games 1 2 1979 Pan American Games 1 3 1980 Olympic Games 2 ReferencesResults edit1976 Olympic Games edit Round of 32 Defeated Beyhan Fuchedzhiev Bulgaria RSC 3 Round of 16 Defeated Zoffa Yarawi Papua New Guinea KO 3 Quarterfinal Defeated Chan Hee Park South Korea by decision 3 2 Semifinal Defeated Orlando Maldonado Puerto Rico by decision 5 0 Final Defeated Li Byong Uk North Korea 4 1 won gold medal 1979 Pan American Games edit Defeated Manuel Mariona El Salvador points Lost to Jerome Coffee United States points 1980 Olympic Games edit 1st round bye Lost to Viktor Miroshnichenko Soviet Union by decision 1 4References editdatabaseOlympics Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Jorge Hernandez Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 2020 04 18 nbsp This biographical article related to a Cuban boxer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jorge Hernandez boxer amp oldid 1156510266, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
