Adolfo Horta

Adolfo Horta (3 October 1957 – 28 November 2016) was a Cuban boxer, who won the silver medal in the Men's Featherweight division (– 57 kg) at age 22 at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He was beaten by East Germany's Rudi Fink on points (1-4).[1] Horta won eleven consecutive national championships and three gold medals in the World Amateur Boxing Championships in different weight classes, but he would never return to the Olympics, as Cuba boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics.[2]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Horta and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.

Adolfo Horta
Carlos Garcia and Adolfo Horta at the awards ceremony of the 1985 Chemistry Cup
Statistics
Real name	Adolfo Horta Martínez
Nickname(s)	El hombre del boxeo total
Weight(s)	Bantamweight Featherweight Lightweight
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Nationality	Cuba
Born	(1957-10-03)3 October 1957 San Lorenzo, Santiago de Cuba Province
Died	28 November 2016(2016-11-28) (aged 59) Camagüey, Cuba
Medal record Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Featherweight World Amateur Championships 1978 Belgrade Bantamweight 1982 Munich Featherweight 1986 Reno Lightweight Pan American Games 1979 San Juan Lightweight 1983 Caracas Featherweight

1980 Olympic results

• Round of 64: bye
• Round of 32: Odd Bengtsson (Sweden) by decision, 5-0
• Round of 16: Titi Cercel (Romania) by decision, 5-0
• Quarterfinal: Defeated Luis Pizarro (Puerto Rico) by decision, 5-0
• Semifinal: Defeated Krysztof Kosedowski (Poland) by walkover
• Final: Lost to Rudi Fink (East Germany) by decision, 1-4 (was awarded silver medal)

References

1. Falleció Adolfo Horta, el hombre del boxeo total (in Spanish)
2. https://www.ecured.cu/Adolfo_Horta_Martínez

• Amateur Record (Archived 2009-10-24)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Adolfo Horta". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.