Emilio Correa (1970s)

Name: Emilio Correa
Birth Name: Emilio Correa Vaillant
Hometown: Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Amateur Boxer: Record

Emilio Correa is a fomer Cuban amateur boxer who represented Cuba as a welterweight at the 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games; winning the gold medal in 1972. Correa was also the world amateur champion in 1974 at the inaugural competition in Havana. His son Emilio Correa Jr. won a silver for Cuba at the 2008 Beijing Olympic games.

Olympic Results

1972

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Damiano Lassandro (Italy) 5-0
• Defeated Manfred Wolke (East Germany) TKO 2
• Defeated Günther Meier (West Germany) 3-2
• Defeated Jesse Valdez (United States) 3-2
• Defeated János Kajdi (Hungary) 5-0

1976

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Plamen Yankov (Bulgaria) RSC 2
• Lost to Pedro Gamarro (Venezuela) RSC 3

World amateur championships

1974

• Defeated Joe Alerch (Nigeria) KO 1
• Defeated Kalevi Kosunen (Finland) PTS
• Defeated Reggie Ford (Guyana) KO 2
• Defeated Plamen Yankov (Bulgaria) PTS
• Defeated Clint Jackson (United States) KO 3

1978

• Defeated Philip Hoslove (Nigeria) KO 3
• Lost to Ernst Muller (West Germany) RSCI 2