Andry Laffita

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Laffita and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.
Andry Laffita
Personal information
Full name Andry Laffita Fernández
Born March 26, 1978 (1978-03-26) (age 38)
Pinar del Río, Cuba
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing Flyweight
World Amateur Championships
2005 Mianyang Flyweight
World Cup
2005 Moscow Flyweight
2008 Moscow Flyweight

Andry Laffita Fernández (born March 26, 1978 in Pinar del Río) is a retired Cuban amateur boxer. He won the silver medal at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, he won a silver medal in the flyweight class.

Career

In 1996 Laffita won the world junior championship. From 1999 to 2001 he was suspended for use of steroids.

Laffita rose to prominence after Olympic champion Yuriorkis Gamboa moved out of his weight class. During the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Mianyang, China Laffita defeated Somjit Jongjohor, Violito Payla, Juan Carlos Payano, Jérôme Thomas and Mirat Sarsembayev to reach the final. He lost to Lee Ok-Sung, winning the silver medal.

In 2006 and 2007 he was beaten by compatriot Yoandri Salinas in the national championships. After Salinas moved up in weight class, Laffita finally claimed the championship in 2008 vs Alexei Collado.

Laffita beat Braulio Ávila by a razor-thin countback decision in the semifinals of the regional qualifying tournament in 2008. He lost to Juan Carlos Payano in the final, although both had already qualified for the Games. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Laffita won the silver medal, losing in the final to Thai boxer Somjit Jongjohor.

World Amateur Championships

World Cup

Olympic Games

References


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