Adolfo Horta

Adolfo Horta (3 October 1957 – 28 November 2016) was a Cuban amateur boxer, who won the silver medal in the Men's Featherweight division (– 57 kg) at age 22 at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He was beaten by East Germany's Rudi Fink on points (1-4).[1] Horta won eleven consecutive national championships and three gold medals in the World Amateur Boxing Championships in different weight classes, but he would never return to the Olympics, as Cuba boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Horta and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.
Adolfo Horta
Adolfo Horta at the awards ceremony of the 1985 Chemistry Cup
Statistics
Real nameAdolfo Horta Martínez
Nickname(s)El hombre del boxeo total
Weight(s)Bantamweight
Featherweight
Lightweight
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Nationality Cuba
Born(1957-10-03)3 October 1957
San Lorenzo, Santiago de Cuba Province
Died28 November 2016(2016-11-28) (aged 59)
Camagüey, Cuba
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1980 Moscow Featherweight
World Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place 1978 Belgrade Bantamweight
Gold medal – first place 1982 Munich Featherweight
Gold medal – first place 1986 Reno Lightweight
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1979 San Juan Lightweight
Gold medal – first place 1983 Caracas Featherweight

1980 Olympic results
  • Round of 64: bye
  • Round of 32: Odd Bengtsson (Sweden) by decision, 5-0
  • Round of 16: Titi Cercel (Romania) by decision, 5-0
  • Quarterfinal: Defeated Luis Pizarro (Puerto Rico) by decision, 5-0
  • Semifinal: Defeated Krysztof Kosedowski (Poland) by walkover
  • Final: Lost to Rudi Fink (East Germany) by decision, 1-4 (was awarded silver medal)

References
  1. Falleció Adolfo Horta, el hombre del boxeo total (in Spanish)

Further reading
  • Amateur Record (Archived 2009-10-24)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Adolfo Horta". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.



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