Bernardo Comas
Bernardo Comas Aguilera (born November 14, 1960 in Colombia , Las Tunas ) is a former Cuban amateur boxer and gold medalist of the Pan American Games as well as world champion .
Career
Comas boxed from 1981 to 1986 in the weight class up to 75 kg (middleweight) in the Cuban national selection and took part in numerous tournaments and championships. His greatest success was winning the world championship in Munich in 1982 . Due to the Cuban boycott of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1984 , he was denied promising participation in the most prestigious international sporting competition. Instead, he won the "Games of Friendship" organized by Cuba for the athletes in the boycott states in Havana . Comas ended his active career in 1987.
successes
- Cuban champion: 1984, 1985, 1986
- Winner of the "Giraldo Córdova Cardín" tournament: 1983, 1984, 1985
- Winner of the "Games of Friendship": 1984
- Central American and Caribbean Champion: 1981, 1983
- Central American and Caribbean Games Winner: 1982
- Pan American Games Winner : 1983
- World Champion: 1982
After the active career
As a qualified sports teacher , Comas has been working as a boxing trainer in Camagüey since retiring . He did this first in the talent scouting, later at the sports school and finally at the boxing academy of the province. He was repeatedly sent abroad by the Cuban state as part of cooperation projects to promote top-class sport, for example to Venezuela and El Salvador .
Web links
- Bernardo Comas in the official Cuban online encyclopedia EcuRed (Spanish)
- Lemay Padrón Oliveros: Bernardo Comas: Un grande del pugilismo. In: CubAhora. April 18, 2011 (Spanish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Comas, Bernardo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Comas Aguilera, Bernardo (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | cuban boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Colombia |