Alexis Rubalcaba (born September 9, 1972) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the Super Heavyweight division. He twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1996 (where he suffered a shocking loss to Paea Wolfgramm of Tonga in the quarter-finals) and in 2000. One of his biggest achievements in amateur boxing was winning the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Two years earlier, at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Budapest, Hungary, he won a silver medal.
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Full name | Alexis Rubalcaba Polledo | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Pedro Betancourt, Matanzas | September 9, 1972||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | Super Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Results
edit1996 Summer Olympics
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Paolo Vidoz (Italy) RSC 1 (2:39)
- Lost to Paea Wolfgramm (Tonga) 12-17
1999 Pan American Games
- Defeated Ruben Pallardel (Peru) KO 1
- Defeated Patrice L'Heureux (Canada) RSC 2
- Defeated Claudio Silva (Brazil) RSCH 1
- Defeated Davin King (United States) WO.
2000 Summer Olympics
- Defeated Cengiz Koc (Germany) KO 1
- Lost to Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov (Kazakhstan) 12-25
References
edit- Amateur record ( ( 2009-10-25)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alexis Rubalcaba". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.