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| Born | (1967-12-06)December 6, 1967 Holguín, Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | December 17, 2012(2012-12-17) (aged 45) Holguín, Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arnaldo Mesa Bonell (6 December 1967 – 17 December 2012) was an amateur boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal for his native country at the 1996 Summer OlympicsinAtlanta, United States. In the final of the Bantamweight (– 54 kg) division he was defeated by Hungary's István Kovács. A year earlier, at the Pan American GamesinMar del Plata, he captured the gold medal in his division. In 1986 he already won the bronze medal at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing ChampionshipsinReno.
He died due to a heart attack two weeks after his 45th birthday on 17 December 2012.[1]
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 Carlos Aro (ARG) Rosemiro Mateus (BRA) Miguel García (ARG) Juan Francisco García (MEX) Davey Armstrong (USA) Bernard Taylor (USA) Adolfo Horta (CUB) Kelcie Banks (USA) Arnaldo Mesa (CUB) Arnaldo Mesa (CUB) Yudel Johnson (CUB) Likar Ramos (COL) Idel Torriente (CUB) |
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