Enrique Carrión

Enrique Carrion
Enrique Carrion (left) facing Frank Sygmund of Germany in Berlin, 1990
Personal information
Full nameEnrique Carrion
Nationality Cuba
Sport
SportBoxing
Bantamweight
Medal record
World Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place1989 MoscowBantamweight
Silver medal – second place1991 SydneyBantamweight
Silver medal – second place1993 TampereFeatherweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place1993 PonceFeatherweight
Gold medal – first place1998 MaracaiboFeatherweight
Goodwill Games
Silver medal – second place1994 Saint PetersburgBantamweight

Enrique Carrión Olivares (Santiago de Cuba, 11 October 1967) is a Cuban amateur boxer best known to win the 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships at bantamweight.

He won the 1989 final against Bulgarian Serafim Todorov who beat him in 1991 and at featherweight in 1993. He didn't participate in the 1992 Olympics, where his replacement was future professional world champion Joel Casamayor, who secured the gold medal for Cuba.

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