Ángel Espinosa

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameÁngel•Espinosa Capó
Used nameÁngel•Espinosa
Born2 October 1966 in Holguín, Holguín (CUB)
Died12 April 2017 in Hialeah Gardens, Florida (USA)
Measurements160 cm / 81 kg
NOC Cuba

Biography

Ángel Espinosa first came to international attention when he won the 1983 World Junior Championships as a junior welterweight, knocking out American Meldrick Taylor in the final. Because of the Soviet-led boycott Espinosa was unable to compete at the 1984 Olympics. In 1986 he won gold medals as light-middleweight at both the World Championships and the Central American and Caribbean Games, and he added another title at the 1987 Pan American Games. Espinosa also could not compete at the 1988 Seoul Olympics as Cuba again boycotted, in solidarity with North Korea, but he took a middleweight silver medal at the 1989 World Championships. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Espinosa fought as a light-heavyweight but lost in the quarter-finals to Poland’s Wojciech Bartnik. In 2010 Espinosa escaped Cuba and settled in Miami. He began training boxers at the Hialeah School of Boxing, where he was found dead in the gym in April 2017.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1992 Summer Olympics Boxing CUB Ángel Espinosa
Light-Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) =5

Special Notes