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 |alt=|Félix Savón]]Félix Savón |
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Competitor for  Cuba |
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| Men’s Boxing | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 1992 Barcelona | Heavyweight |
| Gold | 1996 Atlanta | Heavyweight |
| Gold | 2000 Sydney | Heavyweight |
| World Amateur Championships | ||
| Gold | 1986 Reno | Heavyweight |
| Gold | 1989 Moscow | Heavyweight |
| Gold | 1991 Sydney | Heavyweight |
| Gold | 1993 Tampere | Heavyweight |
| Gold | 1995 Berlin | Heavyweight |
| Gold | 1997 Budapest | Heavyweight |
| Silver | 1999 Houston | Heavyweight |
| Pan American Games | ||
| Gold | 1987 Indianapolis | Heavyweight |
| Gold | 1991 Havana | Heavyweight |
| Gold | 1995 Mar del Plata | Heavyweight |
| Central American and Caribbean Games | ||
| Gold | 1986 Santiago | Heavyweight |
| Gold | 1990 Mexico City | Heavyweight |
| Gold | 1993 Ponce | Heavyweight |
| Gold | 1998 Maracaibo | Heavyweight |
Félix Savón Fabre (born September 22, 1967) is a Cuban heavyweight boxer, a winner of three gold medals at the Olympic Games. Savón is 6 ft 5 in (196 cm)[1] tall.
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Born in San Vicente, in the Guantánamo Province, Savón began his boxing career in 1980. During his career, in which he did not turn professional, he managed a career record of 362-21.
He won his first important titles in 1985. Besides winning the Cuban heavyweight title (which he would win each year until his retirement, except 1999 and 2000 when he lost to Odlanier Solis), he also won the Junior World Championships in 1985.
This set off his career, in which he would win 6 World Championships; his victory at the 1997 tournament was the result of the disqualification of an opponent, future professional world champion Ruslan Chagaev, who beat Savón in the final, but was later stripped of the gold medal for having two professional fights prior to the championships. Chagaev was reinstated as an amateur the following year when these fights were declared exhibitions, but did not regain the gold medal.
At the 1999 tournament, he was to fight American Michael Bennett in the final, but the whole Cuban team retired from the competition to protest the results of other Cuban boxers in the tournament whom they considered to be "robbed" by the judges, meaning that Bennett won the final on default.
Savón also won three Olympic gold medals, which feat is shared with only two other boxers, László Papp and compatriot Teófilo Stevenson.
After winning his third Olympic gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Savón announced his retirement at age 33.
In February of the following year with Fidel Castro also present, Savón had the song "You Love Us" dedicated to him by the Manic Street Preachers, who became the first western rock band to play in Cuba.
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