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This is a Spanish name; the first family name is Hernández and the second is Azcuy.
Ariel Hernández
Personal information
Full name: Ariel Hernández Azcuy
Nationality:  Cuba
Rated at: Middleweight
Date of birth: May 3, 1970 (1970-05-03) (age 39)
Place of birth: Guane, Pinar del Río
Height: 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight: 75 kilograms (170 lb)

Ariel Hernández Azcuy (born April 8, 1972) is a boxer from Cuba, who won two Olympic gold medals in the Middleweight division (71–75 kg); at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. He captured the wold title at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, just two months after having triumphed at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata.

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Amateur Accomplishments

  • Twice Olympic Gold Medalist (Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996)
  • Twice Junior World Champion (Bayamon 1989, Lima 1990)
  • Twice World Champion (Tampere 1993, Berlin 1995)
  • Seven-time Cuban National Champion (1992-1998)

Olympic Results

1992

  • Defeated Joseph Laryea (Ghana) 6-0
  • Defeated Gilberto Brown (Virgin Islands) 13-2
  • Defeated Sven Ottke (Germany) 14-6
  • Defeated Lee Seung-Bae (South Korea) 14-1
  • Defeated Chris Byrd (United States) 12-7

1996

Pan American Games Results

1995

  • Defeated Jorge Melo Silva (Brazil) RSC-1
  • Defeated Alex James (Grenada) RSC-1
  • Defeated Ronald Simms (United States) KO-1
  • Defeated Ricardo Araneda (Chile) 13-0

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Olympic Boxing Champions in Men's Middleweight
1904: 145-158 lb (65.8-71.7 kg), 1908: 140-158 lb (63.5-71.7 kg), 1920-1936: 147-160 lb (66.7-72.6 kg), 1948: 67-73 kg 1952-2000: 71-75 kg, 2004-2008: 69-75 kg

1904: Charles Mayer (USA) • 1908: Johnny Douglas (GBR) • 1920–1924: Harry Mallin (GBR) • 1928: Piero Toscani (ITA) • 1932: Carmen Barth (USA) • 1936: Jean Despeaux (FRA) • 1948: László Papp (HUN) • 1952: Floyd Patterson (USA) • 1956: Gennadiy Shatkov (URS) • 1960: Eddie Crook, Jr. (USA) • 1964: Valeri Popenchenko (URS) • 1968: Chris Finnegan (GBR) • 1972: Vyacheslav Lemeshev (URS) • 1976: Michael Spinks (USA) • 1980: José Gómez (CUB) • 1984: Shin Joon-Sup (KOR) • 1988: Henry Maske (GDR) • 1992–1996: Ariel Hernández (CUB) • 2000: Jorge Gutiérrez (CUB) • 2004: Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov (RUS) • 2008: James DeGale (GBR)
World Amateur Boxing Champions in Men's Middleweight
1974 – 2009: up to 75 kg

1974: Rufat Riskiyev (URS)  • 1978: José Gómez (CUB)  • 1982: Bernardo Comas (CUB)  • 1986: Darrin Allen (USA)  • 1989: Andrey Kurniavka (URS)  • 1991: Tommasso Russo (ITA)  • 1993: Ariel Hernández (CUB)  • 1995: Ariel Hernández (CUB)  • 1997: Zsolt Erdei (HUN)  • 1999: Utkirbek Haydarov (UZB)  • 2001: Andrey Gogolev (RUS)  • 2003: Gennady Golovkin (KAZ)  • 2005: Matvey Korobov (RUS)  • 2007: Matvey Korobov (RUS)  • 2009: Abbos Atoev (UZB)
Pan American Boxing Champions in Men's Middleweight
1955 – 2007: up to 75 kg

 1955: Orville Pitts (USA)  •  1959: Abrão do Souza (BRA)  •  1963: Luiz Cesar (BRA)  •  1967: Jorge Ahumada (ARG)  •  1971: Faustino Quinales (VEN)  •  1975: Alejandro Montoya (CUB)  •  1979: José Gómez (CUB)  •  1983: Bernardo Comas (CUB)  •  1987: Ángel Espinoza (CUB)  •  1991: Ramón Garbey (CUB)  •  1995: Ariel Hernández (CUB)  •  1999: Yohanson Martínez (CUB)  •  2003: Juan Ubaldo (DOM)  •  2007: Emilio Correa (CUB)

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