Waldemar Font

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Personal information
Full nameWaldemar Font Quintero
NationalityFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Born Havana, Cuba
Sport
Sport Boxing
Weight class Flyweight/Bantamweight
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing Flag of Cuba.svg  CUB
World Amateur Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1993 Tampere Flyweight (-51 kg)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1997 Budapest Bantamweight (-54 kg)
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Maracaibo Bantamweight (-54 kg)
Goodwill Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1998 New York Bantamweight (-54 kg)
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 Winnipeg Bantamweight (-54 kg)

Waldemar Font Quintero is a Cuban former amateur boxer who won the World Amateur Championships as a flyweight at Tampere in 1993.

While competing at the 1994 Goodwill Games, Font tested positive for the banned diuretic furosemide and had to forfeit the flyweight gold medal that he won there, in addition to receiving a two-year ban. [1]

Font had a successful return to boxing, winning a silver medal at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships, as a bantamweight. He was a gold medalist at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games, silver medalist at the 1998 Goodwill Games and bronze medalist at the 1999 Pan American Games. [2]

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References

  1. "Cuban Boxers Banned After Drug Test". News & Record . 26 November 1994.
  2. "Cubans Dominate in Goodwill Boxing". Associated Press . 1 August 1998.

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