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Emilio Correa

1953 - 2024

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Emilio Correa Vaillant (21 March 1953 – 11 March 2024) was a Cuban amateur boxer who won welterweight gold at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, West Germany. He is not to be confused with his middleweight namesake, who is actually his son. Inspired by his compatriots Roberto Caminero "Chocolatico" Pérez, Enrique Regüeiferos, Félix Betancourt, and Rolando Garbey who also hail from Santiago de Cuba, he started boxing in 1966. At the PanAm Games in Cali, Colombia (1971) he won gold against American Larry Carlisle, but it was not until he beat Betancourt at the national championships in 1972 that he was able to secure his ticket to the Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emilio Correa is the 118th most popular boxer (up from 212th in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from Cuba (up from 158th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Cuban Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Emilio Correa ranks 118 out of 496. Before him are Vasyl Lomachenko, Orlando Martínez, George Chuvalo, Carlos Lucas, Sten Suvio, and Bob Fitzsimmons. After him are Thomas Hearns, Harry Mallin, Bert Schneider, Howard Davis Jr., Ernie Terrell, and Carmen Basilio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Emilio Correa ranks 340. Before him are Yuri Bashmet, Alexandr Romankov, Jean-Louis Gasset, Branko Milanović, Levir Culpi, and Nelo Vingada. After him are Alex Lifeson, Viktor Kozin, Željko Jerkov, Robert Charles Wilson, Ron Clements, and Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight. Among people deceased in 2024, Emilio Correa ranks 363. Before him are James Darren, Hama Amadou, Toini Pöysti, Jon McBride, Janis Paige, and Willi Giesemann. After him are Bruce Ames, Yves Herbet, Song Jae-rim, Ramiro Blacut, Alan Rachins, and Robert Pickton.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Emilio Correa ranks 118 out of 300. Before him are Pedro Bergés (1906), Alina Fernández (1956), Orlando Martínez (1944), Héctor Socorro (1912), Carmen Herrera (1915), and Juan Tuñas (1917). After him are Daína Chaviano (1957), Carlos Manuel Piedra (1895), César Évora (1959), Rudy Sarzo (1950), Arturo Sandoval (1949), and Michael Aris (1946).

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Among BOXERS In Cuba

Among boxers born in Cuba, Emilio Correa ranks 5. Before him are Teófilo Stevenson (1952), Félix Savón (1967), José Nápoles (1940), and Orlando Martínez (1944). After him are Benny Paret (1937), José Gómez Mustelier (1959), Roberto Balado (1969), Armando Martínez (1961), Hipólito Ramos (1956), Andrés Aldama (1956), and Guillermo Rigondeaux (1980).

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