Idel Torriente
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Competitor for  Cuba |
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| Gold | Rio 2007 | Featherweight | |
Idel Torriente Leal (b.September 09, 1986 ) is a Cuban amateur boxer who won the Pan American featherweight title 2007 and qualified for the Olympics.
[edit] Career
In 2006 he beat teenage star Rosniel Iglesias in the semis of the bantamweight national championships but lost the final to Guillermo Rigondeaux 4:13.
He went up to featherweight and won the national title vs Ivan Oñate 21:18. At the PanAms 2007 he beat Jesus Cuellar (Arg), Nicholas Walters (Jam), Orlando Rizo and Abner Cotto (PR) in the final 7:5.
He lost his national title 2008 to archrival Iván Oñate but was sent to the quialifier where he qualified for the Olympics by beating Robson Conceiçao and Luis Enrique Porozo.
