Félix Savón
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Born: September 22, 1967 at San Vicente, Guantanamo, Cuba
Trainer: Pedro Luis Diaz
Savon carried on the Cuban tradition of heavyweight dominance in the amateurs, winning three consecutive Olympic Gold Medals, capturing gold at six consecutive World Championships, as well as a silver at the 1999 World Championships. In Cuba, Savon would win the Cuban National Championship fourteen consecutive times, from 1985 to 1998.
Olympic Results
1992
- Defeated Krysztof Rojek (Poland) RSC 2
- Defeated Bert Teuchert (Germany) 11-2
- Defeated Danell Nicholson (United States) 13-11
- Defeated Arnold Vanderlyde (Netherland) 23-3
- Defeated David Izonritei (Nigeria) 14-1
1996
- Defeated Andrei Kurnyavka (Kyrgyzstan) 9-3
- Defeated Kwamena Turkson (Sweden) RSC 1
- Defeated Georgi Kandelaki (Georgia) 20-4
- Defeated Luan Krasniqi (Germany) Walkover
- Defeated David Defiagbon (Canada) 20-2
2000
- Defeated Ojemaye Rasmus (Nigeria) 18-3
- Defeated Michael Bennett (United States) 23-8
- Defeated Sebastian Kober (Germany) 19-8
- Defeated Sultan Ibragimov (Russia) 21-13
World Amateur Championships results (partial)
1986
- Defeated Gyula Alvics (Hungary) 5-0
- Defeated Luis Castillo (Ecuador) KO 2
- Defeated Svilen Rusinov (Bulgaria) RSC 2
- Defeated Arnold Vanderlyde (Netherlands) 5-0
1989
- Defeated Arnold Vanderlyde (Netherlands) RSCH 1
- Defeated Hamayak Shabazian (Sweden) 32-1
- Defeated Axel Schulz (East Germany) walk-over
- Defeated Evgeni Sudakov (Soviet Union) 18-8
1991
- Defeated Kirk Johnson (Canada) AB 2
- Defeated David Tua (New Zealand) KO 1
- Defeated Arnold Vanderlyde (Netherlands) 39-15
External Links
- Main Wikipedia Bio
- Amateur Record
