Robeisy Ramírez

Robeisy Ramírez

Personal information
Nationality	Cuba
Born	December 20, 1993 Cienfuegos, Cuba
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Boxing
Event(s)	Flyweight, Bantamweight
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2012, 2016
Highest world ranking	1
Medal record Representing  Cuba Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 0 0 World Championships 2 0 0 Pan American Games 1 0 0 Central American and Caribbean Games 1 0 0 Youth Olympic Games 1 0 0 Total 5 0 0 Olympic Games 2012 London Flyweight 2016 Rio de Janeiro Bantamweight Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Flyweight Central American and Caribbean Games 2014 Veracruz Bantamweight Youth Olympic Games 2010 Singapore Bantamweight

Robeisy Eloy Ramírez Carrazana (born December 20, 1993 in Cienfuegos) is a Cuban amateur boxer best known for winning two Olympic gold medals. He is a southpaw.

In the flyweight boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he beat Nyambayaryn Tögstsogt of Mongolia to claim his first Olympic gold medal.^[1] In the bantamweight boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro he beat Shakur Stevenson of the United States to claim his second Olympic gold medal.

Biography

At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he routed his first opponents but was edged out by eventual Russian champion Misha Aloyan but qualified for the Olympics. At the 2011 Pan American Games he won gold in the flyweight.

He won the gold medal in the men's bantamweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Ramirez won four matches beating Shiva Thapa, Mahoud Mohamed, Jiawei Zhang, Akhmadaliev Murodjon to get to the final. Robeisy beat American favorite Shakur Stevenson 2-1 in the gold medal match to win his second Olympic gold medal. Ramirez is considered one of the greatest amateur boxers of all time having won countless titles and two time olympic gold medalist in two different weight divisions. Ramirez is a skilled boxer with great reflexes, accuracy and speed. He can employ a high tight guard or use upper body movement to make opponents miss. Ramirez has wins over top amateurs Michael Conlan and Lazaro Alvarez, and also holds an undefeated record in The World Series of Boxing. Ramirez is the youngest two times Olympic boxing gold medalist in history.

Personal life

Ramirez is married and has a daughter. After capturing his second Olympic championship Ramirez plans on pursuing a 3rd Olympic championship 2020, at the moment he has no intentions of turning professional.

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References

1. "Flyweight gold for Robeisy Carrazana Ramirez". BBC Sport. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
2. "Robeisy Ramirez". Rio 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

External links

• London 2012 Olympics Profile