Armando Martínez

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Medal record
Men’s Boxing
Competitor for Flag of Cuba Cuba
Olympic Games
Gold 1980 Moscow Light Middleweight
World Amateur Championships
Silver 1982 Munich Light Middleweight

Armando Martínez Limendu (born August 29, 1961) is a Cuban boxer. At 18 years of age he won the gold medal in the Light Middleweight (71 kg) category at the 1980 Summer Olympics, beating Aleksandr Koshkyn in the final.

In 1982 he won the silver medal at the World Championships in Munich, West Germany, this time losing to Koshkyn. He had previously won a silver medal at the 1978 World Championships.

[edit] Olympic Results

  • Defeated Zygmunt Gosiewski (Poland) 5-0
  • Defeated George Kabuto (Uganda) RSC 1
  • Defeated Francisco de Jesus (Brazil) 5-0
  • Defeated Jan Franek (Czechoslovakia) RSC 2
  • Lost Aleksandr Koshkyn (Soviet Union) 4-1