Rolando Garbey

Rolando Garbey Garbey (19 November 1947 – 16 December 2023) was a Cuban boxer. He competed in the Light Middleweight (71 kg) category. He won an Olympic silver medal in 1968 and a bronze medal in 1976. In 1974, at the inaugural 1974 World Championships in Havana, Cuba, he won the world title. Garbey was also a gold medalist at light middleweight at the Pan-American games in 1967, 1971, and 1975.

Garbey died from a cardiac arrest in Havana, on 16 December 2023, at the age of 76.

Olympic results

Mexico City - 1968

• Quarterfinal: Defeated Eric Blake (Great Britain) by first-round knockout
• Semifinal: Defeated Johnny Baldwin (United States) by decision, 4-1
• Final: Lost to Boris Lagutin (Soviet Union) by decision, 0-5 (was awarded silver medal)

Munich - 1972

• Defeated Ricky Barnor (Ghana) by decision, 5-0
• Defeated Franz Csandl (Austria) by decision, 5-0
• Defeated Jae Keun-Lim (South Korea) by second-round technical knockout
• Lost to Wiesław Rudkowski (Poland) by decision, 1-4

Montreal - 1976

• Round of 32: Defeated Dashnyamyn Olzvoi (Mongolia) by third-round knockout
• Round of 16: Defeated Earl Liburd (Virgin Islands) referee stopped contest in second round
• Quarterfinal: Defeated Kalevi Kosunen (Finland) referee stopped contest in first round
• Semifinal: Lost to Tadija Kačar (Yugoslavia) by decision, 1-4 (was awarded bronze medal)

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