Andry Laffita: Cuba’s Olympic Flyweight Silver Medalist
Andry Laffita Hernández is a Cuban amateur boxer from Pinar del Río. He competed as a flyweight and won silver medals at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Olympic records place him in Beijing, not Rio 2016, and list him as a silver medalist. Olympedia’s athlete record · BoxRec’s amateur profile.
World Championship and Olympic Silver
At the 2005 World Championships in Mianyang, Laffita advanced through the flyweight bracket to the final, where he lost to South Korea’s Lee Ok-sung and earned silver. Three years later in Beijing, he reached the Olympic flyweight final by defeating Khalid Yafai, McWilliams Arroyo, and Georgy Balakshin. He lost the final 8–2 to Thailand’s Somjit Jongjohor. BoxRec’s bout summary lists the opponents and scores; Olympedia confirms his Olympic silver.
The video above is titled as Laffita’s 51-kilogram bout with Alexandr Riscan at the 2008 World Cup in Moscow. The amateur record archive lists that event and bout. 2008 World Cup results.
Laffita’s documented achievement is an accomplished international amateur career.
Laffita reached a world final before he reached the Olympic final, and both ended with silver. In Beijing, his route included three named wins before Jongjohor beat him for gold. The 2008 World Cup bout shown in the video belongs to a separate event, so it should not be confused with the Olympic tournament that produced his medal.
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