Orlando Martínez

Orlando Martínez
Personal information
Full nameOrlando Martínez Romero
Nationality Cuba
Born(1944-09-02)2 September 1944
Havana, Cuba
Died22 September 2021(2021-09-22) (aged 77)
Havana, Cuba
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classBantamweight
Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
1972 Munich Bantamweight
Pan American Games
1975 Mexico City Bantamweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
1974 Santo Domingo -54 kg

Orlando Martínez Romero[a] (2 September 1944[1] – 22 September 2021[2]) was a Cuban bantamweight boxer, who won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Three years later he captured the gold at the 1975 Pan American Games. Orlando was awarded a hotly disputed 3–2 split decision over Great Britain's George Turpin in the 1972 Munich Olympics semifinal before coasting to a comfortable points win over future professional world bantamweight champion Alfonso Zamora in the final to win the division's gold medal.

1968 Olympic results

Below are the results of Orlando Martinez of Cuba, a boxer who competed in the flyweight division of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics:

  • Round of 32: lost to Tibor Badari (Hungary) by decision, 1–4

1972 Olympic results

Below are the results of Orlando Martinez of Cuba, a boxer who competed in the bantamweight division of the 1972 Munich Olympics:

  • Round of 64: bye
  • Round of 32: Defeated Win Maung (Burma) by decision, 4–1
  • Round of 16: Defeated Michael Dowling (Ireland) by decision, 3–2
  • Quarterfinal: Defeated Ferry Moniaga (Indonesia) by decision, 5–0
  • Semifinal: Defeated George Turpin (Great Britain) by decision, 3–2
  • Final: Defeated Alfonso Zamora (Mexico) by decision, 5–0 (won gold medal)

Notes

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Romero.

References

  1. ^ Cuban sources report his year of birth: 1946
  2. ^ Fallece primer monarca olímpico del boxeo cubano Archived 23 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  • "Profile". radiohc.cu (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 May 2007.
  • "Profile". bohemia.cu (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Orlando Martínez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
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