Roniel Iglesias

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Roniel Iglesias
Born
Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo

(1988-08-14) 14 August 1988 (age 35)
Pinar del Río, Cuba
Statistics
Weight(s)69 kg (152 lb)
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Boxing record [1]
Total fights2
Wins2
Wins by KO1
Losses0
Draws0
No contests0
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 London Light welterweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Welterweight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Beijing Light welterweight
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Milan Light welterweight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Hamburg Welterweight
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Guadalajara Light welterweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Lima Welterweight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Toronto Welterweight
Pan American Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Tegucigalpa  [ fr ]Welterweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Veracruz Welterweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Barranquilla Welterweight

Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo (born 14 August 1988) is a Cuban boxer, best known for winning the junior world title at lightweight in 2006, a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and a gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He went on to add to his already impressive Olympic resume by winning another gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo at 33-years-old.

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Career

In 2005, Iglesias won the national (senior) flyweight title as a 16-year-old when Olympic champion Yuriorkis Gamboa was out injured. He beat future two-time champ Yoandri Salinas and then Karel Luis in the final. [2] However, the more experienced Andry Laffita who had competed at junior flyweight was sent to the world championships.

In 2006, he competed in January at the national (senior) championships at bantamweight and lost in the semifinal to Idel Torriente, in September he had put on 6 more kilograms and won the 2006 world title at lightweight in Agadir, Morocco. In the quarterfinals he beat Éverton Lopes and then Kazach Azamat Smagulov in the final. [3]

In 2008 he won the junior welter national senior championship, he beat Richard Poll 12:9 in the final and was sent to the Olympic qualifier in Trinidad where he beat another teenager Javier Molina in the semifinal to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics where he lost his semi to defending champion Manus Boonjumnong. [4] [5]

In the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Iglesias won the gold medal by defeating Denys Berinchyk from Ukraine by a score of 22–15. [6] [5]

He later moved up to welterweight, which was the weight division he competed in at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [7] In the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Iglesias won a gold medal by defeating Pat McCormack from Great Britain by a score of 5–0. [8]

Results

Beijing 2008 Olympic results
London 2012 Olympic results
Rio 2016 Olympic results
Tokyo 2020 Olympic results

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References

  1. ↑ "Boxing record for Roniel Iglesias". BoxRec .
  2. ↑ "44.Playa Giron (Cuban National Championships) - Pinar del Rio - January 23-30 2005 (Iglesias is Rosniel Iglesias throughout)". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "WorldJuniorChamps2006". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Martín, Raiko (27 January 2008). "El jovencito Julio Cruz obtuvo el título en la división semicompleta del certamen - Deportes - Juventud Rebelde - Diario de la Juventud Cubana". juventudrebelde.cu. Archived from the original on 25 October 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  5. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Roniel Iglesias". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Cuban Iglesias captures welterweight gold". Washington Post. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "Rio 2016 - Men's Welter (69kg)". Rio2016.com. 13 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Pat McCormack takes silver medal for Team GB after losing Olympic final to Cuba's Roniel Iglesias". Sky Sports. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
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