Juan Hernández Sierra
Juan Hernández Sierra (born March 16, 1969) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the welterweight (< 67 kg) division during the 1990s. He represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain. After having won silver at his Olympic debut he repeated that feat in Atlanta, United States (1996).
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Medal record
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Four times he became world champion in his division, in 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1999.
Olympic results
1992
- Defeated Said Bennajem (France) 6-0
- Defeated Jin-Chul Jun (South Korea) RSC 2
- Defeated Soren Antman (Sweden) RSC 3
- Defeated Aníbal Acevedo (Puerto Rico) 11-2
- Lost to Michael Carruth (Ireland) 10-13
1996
- Defeated Joszef Nagy (Hungary) RSC 2
- Defeated Vadim Mezga (Bulgaria) 12-2
- Defeated Nurhan Smanov (Kazakhstan) 16-8
- Defeated Marian Simion (Romania) 20-7
- Lost to Oleg Saitov (Russia) 9-14
2000
- Defeated Stephan Nzue Mba (Gabon) RSC 3
- Defeated Mohamed Salad Marmouri (Tunisia) RSC 3
- Lost to Yermakhan Ibraimov (Kazakhstan) 9-16
External links
- Juan Hernández at databaseOlympics.com
- Juan Hernández Sierra at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Juan Hernandez Sierra at the International Olympic Committee
- "Amateur Record". Archived from the original on 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2006-08-26.
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