Rolando Garbey

Rolando Garbey
Personal information
Full nameRolando Garbey Garbey
Born19 November 1947 (1947-11-19)
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Died16 December 2023 (2023-12-17) (aged 76)
Havana, Cuba
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classLight middleweight (-71 kg)
Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City Light middleweight
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal Light middleweight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1974 Havana Light middleweight
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1967 Winnipeg Light middleweight
Gold medal – first place 1971 Cali Light middleweight
Gold medal – first place 1975 Mexico City Light middleweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 1970 Panama Light middleweight
Gold medal – first place 1974 Santo Domingo Light middleweight

Rolando Garbey Garbey[a] (19 November 1947 – 16 December 2023) was a Cuban boxer.[1] He competed in the Light Middleweight (71 kg) category. He won an Olympic silver medal in 1968 and a bronze medal in 1976. In 1974, at the inaugural 1974 World Championships in Havana, Cuba, he won the world title. Garbey was also a gold medalist at light middleweight at the Pan-American games in 1967, 1971, and 1975.

Garbey died from a cardiac arrest in Havana, on 16 December 2023, at the age of 76.[2]

Olympic results

Mexico City - 1968

  • Quarterfinal: Defeated Eric Blake (Great Britain) by first-round knockout
  • Semifinal: Defeated Johnny Baldwin (United States) by decision, 4-1
  • Final: Lost to Boris Lagutin (Soviet Union) by decision, 0-5 (was awarded silver medal)

Munich - 1972

Montreal - 1976

  • Round of 32: Defeated Dashnian Olzwoi (Mongolia) by third-round knockout
  • Round of 16: Defeated Earl Liburd (Virgin Islands) referee stopped contest in second round
  • Quarterfinal: Defeated Kalevi Kosunen (Finland) referee stopped contest in first round
  • Semifinal: Lost to Tadija Kačar (Yugoslavia) by decision, 1-4 (was awarded bronze medal)

Notes

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Garbey and the second or maternal family name is Garbey.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rolando Garbey". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  2. ^ "El boxeo de luto: falleció Rolando Garbey, campeón mundial y medallista olímpico" [Boxing in mourning: Rolando Garbey, world champion and Olympic medalist, passes away]. oncubanews.com (in Spanish). 17 December 2023.


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