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Arnaldo Mesa

1967 - 2012

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Arnaldo Mesa Bonell (6 December 1967 – 17 December 2012) was an amateur boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. In the final of the Bantamweight (– 54 kg) division he was defeated by Hungary's István Kovács. A year earlier, at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, he captured the gold medal in his division. In 1986 he already won the bronze medal at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arnaldo Mesa is the 3,070th most popular athlete (up from 3,216th in 2019), the 202nd most popular biography from Cuba (up from 207th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Cuban Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Arnaldo Mesa ranks 3,070 out of 6,025Before him are Jessica Monroe, Igor Lapshin, Chandra Sturrup, Dawn Harper-Nelson, Pavol Hochschorner, and Donato Sabia. After him are Sergei Tchepikov, Vyacheslav Voronin, Günther Huber, Michael Hadschieff, Gal Fridman, and Ilya Markov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Arnaldo Mesa ranks 657Before him are Jeroen Boere, Darko Milanič, Antonio Pettigrew, Ike Shorunmu, Franck Silvestre, and Alf Poier. After him are Sergei Tchepikov, Ahmed Afif, Yutaka Azuma, Valentine Strasser, Niels van der Zwan, and Mnatsakan Iskandaryan. Among people deceased in 2012, Arnaldo Mesa ranks 501Before him are Vladimer Aptsiauri, Chuck Share, Erik Rhodes, Johnny Lewis, Alexander Dale Oen, and Dolphy. After him are Anthony Bevilacqua, Mary Tamm, Michael Dokes, John Ingle, James Abdnor, and Alan G. Poindexter.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Arnaldo Mesa ranks 202 out of 300Before him are Chanel Terrero (1991), Héctor Milián (1968), Osmany Juantorena (1985), Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez (1962), Silvia Chivás (1954), and Juan Carlos Lemus (1966). After him are Daima Beltrán (1972), Aylín Mújica (1974), Rogelio Marcelo (1965), Juan Marén (1971), Osleidys Menéndez (1979), and Leonel Marshall Jr. (1979).

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Among ATHLETES In Cuba

Among athletes born in Cuba, Arnaldo Mesa ranks 22Before him are Pedro Pablo Pichardo (1993), Yipsi Moreno (1980), Yumileidi Cumbá (1975), Yarelys Barrios (1983), Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez (1962), and Silvia Chivás (1954). After him are Osleidys Menéndez (1979), Julio César La Cruz (1989), Maikro Romero (1972), Ioamnet Quintero (1972), Yargelis Savigne (1984), and Odalis Revé (1970).