Armando Martínez (boxer)
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Limendu.
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Detlef Kästner (left) battling Armando Martínez | |||||||||||||
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| Full name | Armando Martínez Limendu | ||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Cuba | ||||||||||||
| Born |
August 29, 1961 Majagua, Ciego de Ávila | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||
| Rated at | Light Middleweight | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Armando Martínez Limendu (born August 29, 1961) is a Cuban boxer. At 18 years of age he won the gold medal in the Light Middleweight (71 kg) category at the 1980 Summer Olympics, beating Aleksandr Koshkyn in the final.
In 1982 he won the silver medal at the World Championships in Munich, West Germany, this time losing to Koshkyn. He had previously won a silver medal at the 1978 World Championships.
Olympic results
- Defeated Zygmunt Gosiewski (Poland) 5-0
- Defeated George Kabuto (Uganda) RSC 1
- Defeated Francisco de Jesus (Brazil) 5-0
- Defeated Jan Franek (Czechoslovakia) RSC 2
- Defeated Aleksandr Koshkyn (Soviet Union) 4-1
References
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