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Roberto Balado

1969 - 1994

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Roberto Balado Méndez (15 February 1969 – 2 July 1994) was a Cuban amateur boxer, who competed from 1986 to 1994. At the 1992 Summer Olympics he won a Gold medal in the men's super heavyweight (+91 kg). A natural heavyweight, he was Olympic champion (Barcelona 1992), three times world champion (Moscow 1989, Sydney 1991, and Tampere 1993), and five times Cuban national champion. He was also the winner of the Val Barker Trophy for Outstanding Boxer at the 1992 Olympic Games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Roberto Balado is the 208th most popular boxer (down from 198th in 2024), the 162nd most popular biography from Cuba (down from 152nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Cuban Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Roberto Balado ranks 208 out of 496. Before him are Sverre Sørsdal, Aziz Salihu, Hasim Rahman, Horace Gwynne, Miguel Cotto, and Albert Ireton. After him are Mike McCallum, Tyrell Biggs, Ruslan Chagaev, Wilfred Benítez, Payao Poontarat, and Naoya Inoue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Roberto Balado ranks 463. Before him are Erwin Sánchez, F. Gary Gray, Nabil Ayouch, Eduardo Riedel, Delfí Geli, and Eduardo Santamarina. After him are John Kiffmeyer, Jon Huertas, Sergei Yuran, Anja Andersen, Duma Boko, and Stéphane Lannoy. Among people deceased in 1994, Roberto Balado ranks 339. Before him are Martha Raye, Macdonald Carey, Kristen Pfaff, Ezra Taft Benson, Duncan Hamilton, and Valentin Kuzin. After him are Lina Basquette, Sam Hanks, Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, Aldo Donelli, Ralph Miliband, and Tip O'Neill.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Roberto Balado ranks 162 out of 300. Before him are Roberto Hernández (1967), Danay García (1984), Alejandro Mayorkas (1959), Regla Torres (1975), Oscar Nunez (1958), and Manuel Chorens (1916). After him are Alejandro Castro Espín (1965), Carmen Reinhart (1955), Maritza Martén (1963), Carlos Gutierrez (1953), Armando Martínez (1961), and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (1952).

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Among BOXERS In Cuba

Among boxers born in Cuba, Roberto Balado ranks 8. Before him are Félix Savón (1967), José Nápoles (1940), Orlando Martínez (1944), Emilio Correa (1953), Benny Paret (1937), and José Gómez Mustelier (1959). After him are Armando Martínez (1961), Hipólito Ramos (1956), Andrés Aldama (1956), Guillermo Rigondeaux (1980), Jorge Hernández (1954), and Jorge Gutiérrez (1975).

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