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Ángel Herrera Vera

1957 - Today

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Ángel Herrera Vera (born August 2, 1957 in Guantánamo) is a Cuban amateur boxer, who won two Olympic gold medals, and the world title at the second World Championships in Belgrade. First competing in the featherweight (– 57 kg) category, he won the 1976 Olympics as well as the 1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He then competed in lightweight (– 60 kg) to win another Olympic gold in 1980, and his second World Title in Munich, West Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ángel Herrera Vera has received more than 40,200 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ángel Herrera Vera is the 2,601st most popular athlete (down from 1,935th in 2019), the 171st most popular biography from Cuba (down from 160th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Cuban Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ángel Herrera Vera ranks 2,601 out of 6,025. Before him are Jos Lansink, Slavko Obadov, Khalid Boulami, Valer Toma, Vicki Draves, and Vebjørn Rodal. After him are Yekaterina Fesenko, Angelo Scuri, Tatyana Goyshchik, Kurt Meier, Zoltán Melis, and Ernest Chapman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Ángel Herrera Vera ranks 633. Before him are Frederico Rosa, Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet, Tim Kring, Kyle Secor, Jan Jałocha, and Valer Toma. After him are Marco Cornez, Laurence Rees, Roberto Accornero, Vyacheslav Yanovskiy, Nick Faldo, and Tie Ning.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Ángel Herrera Vera ranks 171 out of 300. Before him are Tania Bruguera (1968), Silvia Chivás (1954), Jorge Hernández (1954), Guillermo Rigondeaux (1980), John H. Sununu (1939), and Magaly Carvajal (1968). After him are Mayra Andrade (1985), Mel Martínez (1946), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (1952), Driulis González (1973), Yoani Sánchez (1975), and Hipólito Ramos (1956).

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Among ATHLETES In Cuba

Among athletes born in Cuba, Ángel Herrera Vera ranks 11. Before him are Alejandro Casañas (1954), María Caridad Colón (1958), Silvio Leonard (1955), Dayron Robles (1986), Maritza Martén (1963), and Silvia Chivás (1954). After him are Osleidys Menéndez (1979), Ariel Hernández (1970), Estela Rodríguez (1967), Yipsi Moreno (1980), Pedro Pablo Pichardo (1993), and Roberto Hernández (1967).

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