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Ángel Herrera Vera

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Ángel Herrera Vera (born August 2, 1957 in Guantánamo) is a Cuban amateur boxer, who won two Olympic gold medals, and the world title at the second World Championships in Belgrade. First competing in the featherweight (– 57 kg) category, he won the 1976 Olympics as well as the 1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He then competed in lightweight (– 60 kg) to win another Olympic gold in 1980, and his second World Title in Munich, West Germany. In 1983 he won a silver medal at the Pan American Games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ángel Herrera Vera is the 2,584th most popular athlete (up from 2,597th in 2019), the 170th most popular biography from Cuba (up from 171st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Cuban Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ángel Herrera Vera ranks 2,584 out of 6,025. Before him are June Foulds, Jiří Malec, Gaston Strobino, Vyacheslav Yanovskiy, Leroy Burrell, and Serafim Todorov. After him are Olga Shishigina, Suleiman Nyambui, Myriam Bédard, James Hall, Kílian Jornet Burgada, and Clarence DeMar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Ángel Herrera Vera ranks 616. Before him are Gabriella Dorio, Éva Tardos, Nacerdine Drid, Olga Slavnikova, Vyacheslav Yanovskiy, and Road Warrior Hawk. After him are Rachel Levine, Vince Gill, Don Davis, Billy Bragg, Lionel Shriver, and Xu Haifeng.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Ángel Herrera Vera ranks 170 out of 300. Before him are Maritza Martén (1963), Carlos Gutierrez (1953), Armando Martínez (1961), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (1952), Hipólito Ramos (1956), and Melissa Vargas (1999). After him are Regla Bell (1970), Ariel Hernández (1970), Héctor Lombard (1978), Magaly Carvajal (1968), Luis Delís (1957), and Andrés Aldama (1956).

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Among ATHLETES In Cuba

Among athletes born in Cuba, Ángel Herrera Vera ranks 10. Before him are Ana Fidelia Quirot (1963), María Caridad Colón (1958), Alejandro Casañas (1954), Silvio Leonard (1955), Roberto Hernández (1967), and Maritza Martén (1963). After him are Ariel Hernández (1970), Luis Delís (1957), Estela Rodríguez (1967), Dayron Robles (1986), Anier García (1976), and Pedro Pablo Pichardo (1993).

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