José Gómez Mustelier a.k.a. Jovani Gomez (born January 28, 1959, in Colombia, Cuba) is a retired Cuban boxer, who won the middleweight gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. In the final he defeated Viktor Savchenko of the USSR on points (4–1). Two years earlier he captured the world title at the second World Championships in Belgrade, followed by the gold medal at the 1979 Pan American Games.[1]
Medal record | ||
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Men's boxing | ||
Representing Cuba | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1980 Moscow | Middleweight | |
World Amateur Championships | ||
1978 Belgrade | Middleweight | |
Pan American Games | ||
1979 San Juan | Middleweight | |
Central American and Caribbean Games | ||
1978 Medellin | Middleweight |
Olympic results
edit- Defeated Enock Chama (Zambia) 3–2
- Defeated Jang Bong-mun (North Korea) KO 2
- Defeated Valentin Silaghi (Romania) 5–0
- Defeated Viktor Savchenko (USSR) 4–1
References
edit- ^ José Gómez. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2012-07-22.