Nelson Loyola

Nelson Loyola medal table
fencing
Cuba
Olympic games
bronze	Sydney 2000	Epee team
World championships
bronze	Denver 1989	Epee team
gold	Cape Town 1997	Epee team
bronze	Seoul 1999	Epee team
Pan American Games
gold	Winnipeg 1999	Epee team
gold	Santo Domingo 2003	Epee team
silver	Santo Domingo 2003	Foil team

Nelson Loyola Torriente (born August 3, 1968 ) is a retired Cuban fencer .

successes

Nelson Loyola became world champion with the team in Cape Town in 1997 . In 1989 in Denver and 1999 in Seoul , he completed the world championships in team competition, each on the bronze rank. He also won the gold medal with the sword team at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg . In 2003 he repeated this success with her in Santo Domingo , and he also secured silver with the foil team. In between, he took part in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney , where he was eliminated in the individual competition in the first round and finished in 35th place. In the team competition he and the Cuban team, to which Carlos Pedroso and Iván Trevejo belonged next to him , after a final 45:31 win over South Korea, the third place and thus the bronze medal.

Web links

• Nelson Loyola in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )