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Adolfo Horta

Adolfo Horta (born March 10, 1957 in Camaguey) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal in the Featherweight division (-57 kg) at age 22 at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. In the final he was beaten by East Germany's Rudi Fink on points (1-4).

Two years earlier he won the world title at the second World Championships in Belgrade. He subsequently won two more world titles, first in Munich (1982), West Germany, then in Reno (1986).

Olympic Results

1980 (as a featherweight)
1st round bye
Defeated Odd Bengtsson (Sweden) 5-0
Defeated Titi Cercel (Romania) 5-0
Defeated Luis Pizarro (Puerto Rico) 5-0
Defeated Krysztof Kosedowski (Poland) walk-over
Lost to Rudi Fink (East Germany) 1-4

World amateur championships

1978 (as a bantamweight)
Defeated Teodor Dinu (Romania) 4-1
Defeated Raji Lateef (Nigeria) RSC 1
Defeated Bernabe Montanez (Puerto Rico) 5-0
Defeated Stephan Foerster (East Germany) 5-0
Defeated Fazlija Sacirovic (Yugoslavia) 3-2

1982 (as a featherweight)
Defeated Peter Konyegwachie (Nigeria) 5-0
Defeated Stefan Sjoestrand (Sweden) KO 1
Defeated Park Ki-Chui (South Korea) RSC 2
Defeated Richard Nowakowski (East Germany) 4-1
Defeated Rawsalyn Otgonbayar (Mongolia) 5-0

1986 (as a lightweight)
Defeated Michele Caldarella (Italy) 5-0
Defeated Fernando Maldonado (Puerto Rico) 3-2
Defeated Daniel Maeran (Romania) 3-2
Defeated Orzubek Nazarov (Soviet Union) 3-2
Defeated Engels Pedroza (Venezuela) 3-2