Ismael Borrero

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Ismael Borrero
Borrero at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameIsmael Borrero Molina
BornJanuary 6, 1992 (1992-01-06) (age 32)
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
Weight class59,67 kg
EventGreco-Roman
ClubCerro Pelado, Havana
Medal record
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 59 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Las Vegas 59 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Nur-Sultan 67 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima 67 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz 59 kg

Ismael Borrero Molina (born January 6, 1992) is a Greco-Roman wrestler from Cuba. He competed in the 59 kg (or 60 kg) weight category at the 2013, 2014 and 2015 World Championships and won gold medals in 2015 and 2019. Borrero won three consecutive Pan American Championships in 2012–2014 and a gold medal at the 2016 Olympics.[1]

He represented Cuba at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[2] He competed in the 67 kg event.[3]

He is a student at the Universidad de las Ciencias de la Cultura Física y el Deporte in Havana.[4][5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ismael Borrero Molina". Rio 2016. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  2. ^ "Wrestling-Five to watch at the Tokyo Olympics". Reuters. June 24, 2021. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  3. ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 7, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  4. ^ "Borrero Molina, Ismael (CUB)". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  5. ^ "BORRERO Ismael". veracruz2014.mx. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  6. ^ "BORRERO Ismael". results.toronto2015.org. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.

External links[edit]

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