Alejandro Puerto

Cuban wrestler (born 1964)
Alejandro Puerto
Personal information
Full nameAlejandro Puerto Díaz
BornOctober 1, 1964 (1964-10) (age 59)
Pinar del Río, Cuba
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona 57 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1990 Tokyo 57 kg
Gold medal – first place 1994 Istanbul 57 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1987 Indianapolis 57 kg
Silver medal – second place 1991 Havana 57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Caracas 52 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Mar del Plata 57 kg

Alejandro Puerto Díaz (born October 1, 1964) is a retired male wrestler from Cuba and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling.[1]

Puerto competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona where he won a gold medal in the men's freestyle wrestling event, the bantamweight class.[2]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alejandro Puerto". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. ^ "1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Wrestling" Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on September 9, 2008)

External links

  • Alejandro Puerto at the International Wrestling DatabaseEdit on Wikidata
  • Alejandro Puerto at OlympediaEdit on Wikidata
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  • 1904: 56.70 kg
  • 1908: 54 kg
  • 1924–1936: 56 kg
  • 1948–1996: 57 kg
  • 2000: 58 kg
  • 2004–2012: 55 kg
  • 2016–present: 57 kg
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World Champions in freestyle bantamweight (57 kg)
  • 1951–1995 : 57 kg
  • 1997–2001 : 58 kg
  • 2002–2013 : 55 kg
  • 2014–present : 57 kg
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