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Alexis Rubalcaba

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Alexis Rubalcaba
Personal information
Full nameAlexis Rubalcaba Polledo
Nationality Cuba
Born (1972-09-09) September 9, 1972 (age 52)
Pedro Betancourt, Matanzas
Height2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight95 kg (209 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classSuper Heavyweight
Medal record
World Amateur Championships
Silver medal – second place 1997 Budapest Super Heavyweight
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1999 Winnipeg Super Heavyweight
Goodwill Games
Silver medal – second place 1998 New York Super Heavyweight

Alexis Rubalcaba (born September 9, 1972) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the Super Heavyweight division. He twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1996 (where he suffered a shocking loss to Paea Wolfgramm of Tonga in the quarter-finals) and in 2000. One of his biggest achievements in amateur boxing was winning the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Two years earlier, at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Budapest, Hungary, he won a silver medal.

Results

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1996 Summer Olympics

1999 Pan American Games

2000 Summer Olympics

References

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  • Amateur record ( ( 2009-10-25)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alexis Rubalcaba". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.