Adolfo Horta

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Horta and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.
Adolfo Horta
Personal information
Full name Adolfo Horta Martínez
Nationality  Cuba
Born (1957-10-03)3 October 1957
San Lorenzo, Santiago de Cuba
Died 28 November 2016(2016-11-28) (aged 59)
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Bantamweight and featherweight

Adolfo Horta (3 October 1957 – 28 November 2016) was a boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal in the Men's Featherweight division ( 57 kg) at age 22 at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. In the final he was beaten by East Germany's Rudi Fink on points (1-4).[1]

1980 Olympic results

References

  1. Falleció Adolfo Horta, el hombre del boxeo total (Spanish)



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