Juan Hernández Sierra

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Juan Hernández
Personal information
Full nameJuan Hernández Sierra
BornMarch 16, 1969 (1969-03-16) (age 55)
Guane, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Medal record
Men’s boxing
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Welterweight
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Welterweight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 Sydney Welterweight
Gold medal – first place 1993 Tampere Welterweight
Gold medal – first place 1995 Berlin Welterweight
Gold medal – first place 1999 Houston Welterweight
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Budapest Welterweight
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1991 Havana Welterweight
Gold medal – first place 1999 Winnipeg Welterweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 1990 Mexico City Welterweight
Gold medal – first place 1993 Ponce Welterweight
Goodwill Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Saint Petersburg Welterweight
Gold medal – first place 1998 New York Middleweight

Juan Hernández Sierra (born March 16, 1969) is a retired

Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain. After having won silver on his Olympic debut he repeated that feat in Atlanta, United States
in 1996.

He became world champion in his division four times, in 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1999.

Olympic results

1992

  • Defeated
    Said Bennajem
    (France) 6-0
  • Defeated
    Jin-Chul Jun
    (South Korea) RSC 2
  • Defeated
    Soren Antman
    (Sweden) RSC 3
  • Defeated Aníbal Acevedo (Puerto Rico) 11-2
  • Lost to Michael Carruth (Ireland) 10-13

1996

2000

  • Defeated
    Stephan Nzue Mba
    (Gabon) RSC 3
  • Defeated
    Mohamed Salad Marmouri
    (Tunisia) RSC 3
  • Lost to Yermakhan Ibraimov (Kazakhstan) 9-16

External links

  • Juan Hernández at databaseOlympics.com
  • Juan Hernández Sierra at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
  • Juan Hernandez Sierra at Olympics.com
  • "Amateur Record". Archived from the original on 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2006-08-26.