Rolando Garbey

Rolando Garbey
Personal information
Full nameRolando Garbey Garbey
Born19 November 1947 (1947-11-19)
Died16 December 2023(2023-12-16) (aged 76)
Havana, Cuba
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Light middleweight (-71 kg)
Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1968 Mexico CityLight middleweight
Bronze medal – third place1976 MontrealLight middleweight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1974 HavanaLight middleweight
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place1967 WinnipegLight middleweight
Gold medal – first place1971 CaliLight middleweight
Gold medal – first place1975 Mexico CityLight middleweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place1970 PanamaLight middleweight
Gold medal – first place1974 Santo DomingoLight middleweight

Rolando Garbey Garbey (19 November 1947 – 16 December 2023) was a Cuban boxer. He competed in the Light Middleweight (71 kg) category. He won an Olympic silver medal in 1968 and a bronze medal in 1976. In 1974, at the inaugural 1974 World Championships in Havana, Cuba, he won the world title. Garbey was also a gold medalist at light middleweight at the Pan-American games in 1967, 1971, and 1975.

Garbey died from a cardiac arrest in Havana, on 16 December 2023, at the age of 76.

Olympic results

Mexico City - 1968

Munich - 1972

Montreal - 1976

Notes

  1. ↑ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Garbey and the second or maternal family name is Garbey.

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rolando Garbey". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "El boxeo de luto: falleció Rolando Garbey, campeón mundial y medallista olímpico" [Boxing in mourning: Rolando Garbey, world champion and Olympic medalist, passes away]. oncubanews.com (in Spanish). 17 December 2023.