In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Balado and the second or maternal family name is Mendez.
Roberto Balado
Balado in 1990
Personal information
Full name
Roberto Balado Mendez
Nationality
Cuba
Born
(1969-02-15)15 February 1969 Jovellanos, Matanzas Province
Died
2 July 1994(1994-07-02) (aged 25) Havana, Ciudad de la Habana
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight
100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
Sport
Boxing
Weight class
Super Heavyweight
Medal record
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Olympic Games
1
0
0
World Championships
3
0
0
Youth World Championships
1
0
0
World Cup
2
0
0
Pan American Games
1
0
0
Central American and Caribbean Games
1
0
0
Central America and Caribbean Championships
1
0
0
Total
10
0
0
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona
Super Heavyweight
World Championships
1989 Moscow
Super Heavyweight
1991 Sydney
Super Heavyweight
1993 Tampere
Super Heavyweight
Youth World Championships
1987 Havana
Heavyweight
World Cup
1990 Bombay
Super Heavyweight
1994 Bangkok
Super Heavyweight
Pan American Games
1991 Havana
Super Heavyweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
1993 Ponce
Super Heavyweight
Central America and Caribbean Championships
1987 San José
Heavyweight
Roberto Balado Méndez (15 February 1969 – 2 July 1994) was a Cuban amateur boxer, who competed from 1986 to 1994. At the 1992 Summer Olympics he won a Gold medal in the men's super heavyweight (+91 kg).
A natural heavyweight, he was Olympic champion (Barcelona 1992), three times world champion (Moscow 1989, Sydney 1991, and Tampere 1993), and five times Cuban national champion. He was also the winner of the Val Barker Trophy for Outstanding Boxer at the 1992 Olympic Games.
Balado was at his prime, looking forward to win many forthcoming events, considered by some boxing experts to be the world's second-best fighter after Félix Savón (who competed one weight division below),[1] and being one of the favourites of the 1995 Pan American Games and 1996 Olympics, but died in a car accident.
At the time of his death, age 25, he had 250 fights, with a record of 238 victories, and 12 losses.
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