Rolando Garbey
Rolando Garbey Garbey was a Cuban boxer. He competed in the Light Middleweight category. He won an Olympic silver medal in 1968 and a bronze medal in 1976. In 1974, at the inaugural 1974 World [Amateur Boxing Championships|1974 World Championships] in Havana, Cuba, he won the world title. Garbey was also a gold medalist at light middleweight at the Pan-American games in 1967, 1971, and 1975.
Garbey died from a cardiac arrest in Havana, on 16 December 2023, at the age of 76.
Olympic results
Mexico City - 1968- Quarterfinal: Defeated Eric Blake by first-round knockout
- Semifinal: Defeated Johnny Baldwin by decision, 4-1
- Final: Lost to Boris Lagutin by decision, 0-5
- Defeated Ricky Barnor by decision, 5-0
- Defeated Franz Csandl by decision, 5-0
- Defeated Jae Keun-Lim by second-round technical knockout
- Lost to Wiesław Rudkowski by decision, 1-4
- Round of 32: Defeated Dashnyamyn Olzvoi by third-round knockout
- Round of 16: Defeated Earl Liburd referee stopped contest in second round
- Quarterfinal: Defeated Kalevi Kosunen referee stopped contest in first round
- Semifinal: Lost to Tadija Kačar by decision, 1-4