Adolfo Horta

Cuban boxer (1957–2016)

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Adolfo Horta

Adolfo Horta at the awards ceremony of the 1985 Chemistry Cup

Born

Adolfo Horta Martínez

(1957-10-03)3 October 1957

San Lorenzo, Santiago de Cuba Province

Died

28 November 2016(2016-11-28) (aged 59)

Camagüey, Cuba

Nationality (legal)

Cuba

Other names

El hombre del boxeo total

Statistics

Weight(s)

Bantamweight
Featherweight
Lightweight

Height

1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)

Medal record

Olympic Games

	1980 Moscow	Featherweight
World Amateur Championships
	1978 Belgrade	Bantamweight
	1982 Munich	Featherweight
	1986 Reno	Lightweight
Pan American Games
	1979 San Juan	Lightweight
	1983 Caracas	Featherweight

Adolfo Horta (3 October 1957 – 28 November 2016) was a Cuban amateur boxer, who won the silver medal in the Men's Featherweight division (– 57 kg) at age 22 at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He was beaten by East Germany's Rudi Fink on points (1-4).^[1] Horta won eleven consecutive national championships and three gold medals in the World Amateur Boxing Championships in different weight classes, which appears to have been a unique achievement, but he would never return to the Olympics, as Cuba boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics.^{[citation needed]}

1980 Olympic results

Round of 64: bye
Round of 32: Odd Bengtsson (Sweden) by decision, 5-0
Round of 16: Titi Cercel (Romania) by decision, 5-0
Quarterfinal: Defeated Luis Pizarro (Puerto Rico) by decision, 5-0
Semifinal: Defeated Krysztof Kosedowski (Poland) by walkover
Final: Lost to Rudi Fink (East Germany) by decision, 1-4 (was awarded silver medal)