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Filiberto Azcuy Aguilera (born October 13, 1972) is a Cuban wrestler (Greco-Roman style) who has won two Olympic gold medals.
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Filiberto Azcuy Aguilera (born October 13, 1972) is a Cuban wrestler (Greco-Roman style) who has won two Olympic gold medals.
Cuba competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's seventeenth appearance in the Olympics, except for some editions. Cuban athletes did not attend in two Olympic Games, where they joined the Soviet and North Korean boycott. Cuban Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since 1972. A total of 151 athletes, 97 men and 54 women, competed in 18 sports.
Ariel Hernández Azcuy is a boxer from Cuba, who won two Olympic gold medals in the Middleweight division (71–75 kg); at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. He captured the world title at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, just two months after having triumphed at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata.
Mexico competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 69 competitors, 63 men and 6 women, took part in 54 events in 14 sports.
Filiberto is a given name and a surname. It derives from a Germanic name, latinized in Filibertus and came to Italian through French. It is composed of the roots filu, "much", and beraht or berhta, "illustrious", "brilliant", and means "very bright" or "very illustrious". Its diffusion in Italy is linked to the fact of being a traditional name of the House of Savoy. The French form Philibert originated by alteration with the Greek φιλος (philos), "beloved".
Son Sang-Pil is a retired South Korean Greco-Roman wrestler.
Liván López Azcuy is a male freestyle wrestler from Cuba who competes in the 66 kg category. In 2011, he won a gold medal at the Pan American Games and a bronze medal at the 2011 World Wrestling Championships. The next year he won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Filiberto Colon is a Puerto Rican former swimmer who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Isaac Azcuy Oliva is a Cuban former judoka who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Filiberto Fernández is a Mexican former wrestler who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics.
René Montero Rosales is a retired amateur Cuban freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's flyweight category. He has been named a 2002 World freestyle wrestling champion; a silver medalist at the 2003 Pan American Games, and later represented his nation Cuba at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Throughout his sporting career, Montero has been training under his personal coach and mentor Filiberto Delgado for CEAR Cuba.
Serguei Rondón Pedroso is a retired amateur Cuban freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's welterweight category. He won the gold medal in the 66-kg division at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and was later selected to the Cuban team for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Throughout his sporting career, Rondon trained for the wrestling team at Cerro Pelado Sports Club in Havana, under his personal coach and mentor Filiberto Delgado.
Danil Takhirovich Khalimov was a Russian-Kazakhstani amateur Greco-Roman wrestler of Tatar descent, who competed in the men's middleweight category.
Choi Duk-hoon is a retired amateur South Korean Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's middleweight category. He produced a remarkable tally of three career medals, including a gold in the 74-kg division at the 2003 Asian Wrestling Championships in Delhi, India, and also finished tenth at the 2004 Summer Olympics, representing his nation South Korea. Having worked as a full-time employee for Sung Shin, Choi trained throughout his sporting career as a member of its wrestling team under head coach Bang Dae-du.
Filiberto Mercado is a former Mexican cyclist. He competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Radosław Truszkowski is a retired amateur Polish Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's middleweight category. Truszkowski represented his nation Poland at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and later captured a silver medal in the 74-kg division at the 2005 Summer Universiade in Izmir, Turkey. Throughout his sporting career, Truszkowski trained full-time for Cement Gryf Wrestling Club in Chełm, under his personal coach and 1988 Olympic silver medalist Andrzej Głąb.
Yvon Riemer is a retired Greco-Roman wrestler from France. He medalled four times at the World Championships, winning gold in 1995, and competed at the 1992 and 2000 Olympics as a welterweight, finishing in 5th and 15th place, respectively. He was also a three time French national champion.
Azcuy is a Cuban surname. Notable people with the name include:
Filiberto Manzo was a Mexican basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Filiberto Marco is a Spanish rower. He competed in the men's coxed pair event at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Bakhtiyar Bagasharovich Baiseitov is a Kazakh former amateur Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's middleweight category. Baiseitov wrestled for the Kazakh squad in two editions of the Summer Olympics, finishing eleventh in Atlanta and tenth in Sydney, respectively. Outside the Games, Baiseitov produced a career tally of six medals in a major international competition, including his middleweight titles that he received each at the World Championships and at the Asian Games in 1998. Baiseitov trained throughout his wrestling career for Professional Sport Club Daulet in Almaty under his personal coach and 1988 silver medalist Daulet Turlykhanov of the former Soviet Union.
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