Rogelio Marcelo
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Marcelo and the second or maternal family name is García.
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| Full name | Rogelio Marcelo García | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Cuban | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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June 11, 1965 Guantánamo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rated at | Light Flyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rogelio Marcelo García (born June 11, 1965 in Guantánamo) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the light flyweight (– 48 kg) division during the early 1990s.
Marcelo lost in 1989 and 1991 at the world championships finals to American winner Eric Griffin but represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where he won the gold medal (Griffin lost to Rafael Lozano 5-6 ). A year earlier, at the Pan Am Games in Havana, Cuba, he had triumphed in the same division.
Olympic results
- Defeated Mfamasibili Mnisi (Swaziland) RSC 3 (0:55)
- Defeated Erdenentsogt Tsogtjargal (Mongolia) 14-2
- Defeated Rafael Lozano (Spain) 11-3
- Defeated Roel Velasco (Philippines) RSC 1 (1:36)
- Defeated Daniel Bojinov (Bulgaria) 24-10
References
1968 – 2008: up to 48 kg, 2012: up to 49 kg | |
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