Jorge Hernández (boxer)

Jorge Hernández (November 17, 1954 – December 12, 2019) born in Havana was a 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 in the flyweight division (– 51 kg).

Jorge Hernández

Personal information
Full name	Jorge Hernández Padron
Nationality	Cuba
Born	(1954-11-17)17 November 1954 Havana, Cuba
Died	12 December 2019(2019-12-12) (aged 65)
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	47 kg (104 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Light Flyweight
Medal record Olympic Games 1976 Montreal Light Flyweight World Championships 1974 Havana Light Flyweight 1978 Belgrade Light Flyweight Pan American Games 1975 Mexico City Light Flyweight

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.

Results

1976 Olympic Games

• Round of 32 Defeated Beyhan Fuchedzhiev (Bulgaria) RSC 3
• Round of 16: Defeated Zoffa Yarawi (Papua New Guinea) KO 3
• Quarterfinal: Defeated Chan-Hee Park (South Korea) by decision, 3–2
• Semifinal: Defeated Orlando Maldonado (Puerto Rico) by decision, 5–0
• Final: Defeated Li Byong-Uk (North Korea) 4–1 (won gold medal)

1979 Pan American Games

• Defeated Manuel Mariona (El Salvador) points
• Lost to Jerome Coffee (United States) points

1980 Olympic Games

• 1st round bye
• Lost to Viktor Miroshnichenko (Soviet Union) by decision, 1–4

References

• databaseOlympics
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jorge Hernández". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.