Juan Hernández Sierra

Juan Hernández Sierra (born March 16, 1969) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the welterweight (< 67 kg) division during the 1990s. He represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain. After having won silver at his Olympic debut he repeated that feat in Atlanta, United States (1996).

Juan Hernández

Personal information
Full name	Juan Hernández Sierra
Born	March 16, 1969 (age 51) Guane, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Medal record Men’s boxing Representing  Cuba Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Welterweight 1996 Atlanta Welterweight World Championships 1991 Sydney Welterweight 1993 Tampere Welterweight 1995 Berlin Welterweight 1999 Houston Welterweight 1997 Budapest Welterweight Pan American Games 1991 Havana Welterweight 1999 Winnipeg Welterweight Central American and Caribbean Games 1990 Mexico City Welterweight 1993 Ponce Welterweight

Four times he became world champion in his division, in 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1999.

Olympic results

1992

• Defeated Said Bennajem (France) 6-0
• Defeated Jin-Chul Jun (South Korea) RSC 2
• Defeated Soren Antman (Sweden) RSC 3
• Defeated Aníbal Acevedo (Puerto Rico) 11-2
• Lost to Michael Carruth (Ireland) 10-13

1996

• Defeated Joszef Nagy (Hungary) RSC 2
• Defeated Vadim Mezga (Bulgaria) 12-2
• Defeated Nurhan Smanov (Kazakhstan) 16-8
• Defeated Marian Simion (Romania) 20-7
• Lost to Oleg Saitov (Russia) 9-14

2000

• Defeated Stephan Nzue Mba (Gabon) RSC 3
• Defeated Mohamed Salad Marmouri (Tunisia) RSC 3
• Lost to Yermakhan Ibraimov (Kazakhstan) 9-16

External links

• Juan Hernández at databaseOlympics.com
• Juan Hernández Sierra at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Juan Hernandez Sierra at the International Olympic Committee
• "Amateur Record". Archived from the original on 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2006-08-26.