Jorge Hernández (boxer)
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Full name | Jorge Hernández Padron | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | November 17, 1954 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 47 kg (104 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||
Rated at | Light Flyweight | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Jorge Hernández (born November 17, 1954) is a retired 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 of the flyweight division (– 51 kg).
Hernández 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.
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Results
1976 Olympic Games
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- Defeated Beyhan Fuchedzhiev (Bulgaria) RSC 3
- Defeated Zoffa Zarawi (Papua New Guinea) KO 3cc
- Defeated Chan-Hee Park (South Korea) 3-2
- Defeated Orlando Maldonado (Puerto Rico) 5-0
- Defeated Li Byong-Uk (North Korea) 4-1
1979 Pan American Games
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- Defeated Manuel Mariona (El Salvador) points
- Lost to Jerome Coffee (United States) points
1980 Olympic Games
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- 1st round bye
- Lost to Viktor Miroshnichenko (Soviet Union) 1-4
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