Manuel Mantilla (boxer)

Manuel Mantilla
Personal information
Full nameManuel Mantilla Rodríguez
Nationality Cuba
Born (1973-09-25) September 25, 1973
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Flyweight
Medal record
World Amateur Boxing Championships
Gold medal – first place1997 BudapestFlyweight
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place1999 WinnipegFlyweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place1993 PonceFlyweight
Gold medal – first place1998 MaracaiboFlyweight
Goodwill Games
Gold medal – first place1994 Saint PetersburgLight Flyweight

Manuel Mantilla (born September 25, 1973) is an amateur boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country in the Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) category at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

There he was stopped in the quarterfinals by Thailand's eventual gold medalist Wijan Ponlid. Mantilla won several medals in the same weight division on the continental level in the 1990s.

References

  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Manuel Mantilla". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.