Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez

Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez (born December 24, 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).

Not to be confused with Juan Hernández Sierra.
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Hernández and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
Juan Hernández
Personal information
Full nameJuan Bautista Hernández Pérez
BornDecember 24, 1962 (1962-12-24) (age 57)
Pilón, Granma, Cuba
Medal record
Men’s boxing
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
1980 Moscow Bantamweight

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 contest in second round
  • Quarterfinal: Defeated Geraldi Issaick (Tanzania) referee stopped contest in first round
  • Semifinal: Defeated Michael Anthony (Guyana) by decision, 5-0
  • Final: Defeated Bernardo Piñango (Venezuela) by decision, 5-0
  • Juan Hernández at databaseOlympics.com
  • 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 2020-04-18.


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