Maikro Romero
Cuban boxer (born 1972) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Romero and the second or maternal family name is Esquivel.
Maikro Romero (born December 9, 1972) is a Cuban boxer, who won the gold medal in the Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
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Full name | Maikro Eusebio Romero Esquivel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Cuban | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1972-12-09) December 9, 1972 (age 51) Guantánamo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | Light Flyweight and Flyweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Later he changed weight class to Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) and won the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships. Trying to defend his title in 1999, he lost to Brian Viloria in the final and won a silver medal. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney he won a bronze medal together with Kim Un-Chol of North Korea.