Yankiel León - Revision history

Dale Howes at 22:07, 22 February 2022

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	'''Yankiel León Alarcón''' (* 26. April 1982 in Jobabo) is a Cuban amateur boxer who won a silver medal for Cuba at the 2008 Olympics as a bantamweight. As well as a bronze medal at the 2009 World amateur championshipss		'''Yankiel León Alarcón''' (* 26. April 1982 in Jobabo) is a Cuban amateur boxer who won a silver medal for Cuba at the 2008 Olympics as a bantamweight. As well as a bronze medal at the 2009 World amateur championshipss

Matt at 22:45, 14 October 2020

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	'''Yankiel León Alarcón''' (* 26. April 1982 in Jobabo) is a Cuban amateur boxer who won a silver medal for Cuba at the 2008 Olympics as a bantamweight. As well as a bronze medal at the 2009 World amateur championshipss		'''Yankiel León Alarcón''' (* 26. April 1982 in Jobabo) is a Cuban amateur boxer who won a silver medal for Cuba at the 2008 Olympics as a bantamweight. As well as a bronze medal at the 2009 World amateur championshipss

Matt at 16:26, 16 September 2009

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	'''Yankiel León Alarcón''' (* 26. April 1982 in Jobabo) is a Cuban amateur boxer who won a silver medal for Cuba at the 2008 Olympics as a bantamweight.		'''Yankiel León Alarcón''' (* 26. April 1982 in Jobabo) is a Cuban amateur boxer who won a silver medal for Cuba at the 2008 Olympics as a bantamweight. As well as a bronze medal at the 2009 World amateur championshipss

	== Amateur career ==		== Amateur career ==
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	== Olympic games results ==		== Olympic games results ==
			'''2008''' (as a bantamweight)
	*1st round bye		*1st round bye
	*Defeated [[Kanat Abutalipov]] (Kazakhstan) 10-3		*Defeated [[Kanat Abutalipov]] (Kazakhstan) 10-3
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	*Defeated [[Bruno Julie]] (Mauritius) 7-5		*Defeated [[Bruno Julie]] (Mauritius) 7-5
	*Lost to [[Enkhbat Badar-Uugan]] (Mongolia) 5-16		*Lost to [[Enkhbat Badar-Uugan]] (Mongolia) 5-16

			== World amateur championships ==
			'''2009''' (as a bantamweight)
			*1st round bye
			*Defeated [[Lee Jin-Young]] (South Korea) 11-2
			*Defeated [[Razvan Andreiana]] (Romania) 12-9
			*Defeated [[Kanat Abutalipov]] (Kazakhstan) 2-0
			*Lost to [[Detelin Dalakliev]] (Bulgaria) 0-5 (semifinal match, wins bronze)

	{{DEFAULTSORT:Leon, Yankiel}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Leon, Yankiel}}

Matt at 23:17, 24 August 2008

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	'''Yankiel León Alarcón''' (* 26. April 1982 in Jobabo) is a Cuban amateur boxer who ~~qualified~~ for the 2008 Olympics at bantamweight.		'''Yankiel León Alarcón''' (* 26. April 1982 in Jobabo) is a Cuban amateur boxer who won a silver medal for Cuba at the 2008 Olympics as a bantamweight.

	== Amateur career ==		== Amateur career ==
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	*Defeated [[Worapoj Petchkoom]] (Thailand) 10-2		*Defeated [[Worapoj Petchkoom]] (Thailand) 10-2
	*Defeated [[Bruno Julie]] (Mauritius) 7-5		*Defeated [[Bruno Julie]] (Mauritius) 7-5
			*Lost to [[Enkhbat Badar-Uugan]] (Mongolia) 5-16

	{{DEFAULTSORT:Leon, Yankiel}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Leon, Yankiel}}
			[[Category:Olympic Silver Medalists]]
	[[Category:Cuban Olympians]]		[[Category:Cuban Olympians]]
	[[Category:2008 Olympians]]		[[Category:2008 Olympians]]

Matt at 14:02, 22 August 2008

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	*Defeated [[Kanat Abutalipov]] (Kazakhstan) 10-3		*Defeated [[Kanat Abutalipov]] (Kazakhstan) 10-3
	*Defeated [[Worapoj Petchkoom]] (Thailand) 10-2		*Defeated [[Worapoj Petchkoom]] (Thailand) 10-2
			*Defeated [[Bruno Julie]] (Mauritius) 7-5

	{{DEFAULTSORT:Leon, Yankiel}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Leon, Yankiel}}
	[[Category:Cuban Olympians]]		[[Category:Cuban Olympians]]
	[[Category:2008 Olympians]]		[[Category:2008 Olympians]]

Matt: New page: '''Yankiel León Alarcón''' (* 26. April 1982 in Jobabo) is a Cuban amateur boxer who qualified for the 2008 Olympics at bantamweight. == Amateur career == Leon won gold at the World Jun...

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New page: '''Yankiel León Alarcón''' (* 26. April 1982 in Jobabo) is a Cuban amateur boxer who qualified for the 2008 Olympics at bantamweight. == Amateur career == Leon won gold at the World Jun...

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'''Yankiel León Alarcón''' (* 26. April 1982 in Jobabo) is a Cuban amateur boxer who qualified for the 2008 Olympics at bantamweight.

== Amateur career ==
Leon won gold at the World Junior Championships in Budapest, Hungary in 2000 as a light flyweight. Leon became senior national champion 2002 at flyweight then moved up in weight.

At bantam he stood in the shadows of two-time Olympic champion [[Guillermo Rigondeaux]] who beat him eight times. When Rigondeaux was out injured in 2007 Leon lost at the national championships to [[Yasniel Toledo]].

After it became clear that the banned Rigondeaux would not be sent to Beijing Leon trained harder and beat archrival Toledo and [[Yurien Fabregas]] at the nationals in 2008.

He lost to Dominican [[Claudio Marrero]] in the first round of the Copa Independencia but breezed through his qualifier easily beating everybody including Marrero and fellow qualifier [[Oscar Valdez ]]to easily make it to the Olympics.

He holds wins over [[Yan Barthelemy]], [[Yuriorkis Gamboa]] and [[Ivan Calderon]], among others.

== Olympic games results ==
*1st round bye
*Defeated [[Kanat Abutalipov]] (Kazakhstan) 10-3
*Defeated [[Worapoj Petchkoom]] (Thailand) 10-2

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leon, Yankiel}}
[[Category:Cuban Olympians]]
[[Category:2008 Olympians]]