Ismael Borrero
{{short description|Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler}}
{{Family name hatnote|Borrero|Molina|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| image = Ismael Borrero Rio 2016d.jpg
| image_size = 240px
| caption = Borrero at the 2016 Olympics
| full_name = Ismael Borrero Molina
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|January 6, 1992}}
| birth_place = Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = 160 cm
| weight = 67 kg
| sport = Wrestling
| event = Greco-Roman
| weight_class = 59,67 kg
| club = Cerro Pelado, Havana
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry|{{CUB}}}}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalGold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|59 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2015 Las Vegas|59 kg}}
{{MedalGold|2019 Nur-Sultan|67 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}
{{MedalCompetition|Central American and Caribbean Games}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Veracruz|59 kg}}
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Ismael Borrero Molina (born January 6, 1992) is a Greco-Roman wrestler from Cuba.
Competitive Career
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/ismael-borrero-molina |title=Ismael Borrero Molina |access-date=14 August 2016 |work=Rio 2016 |publisher=Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816095345/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/ismael-borrero-molina |archive-date=August 16, 2016}}
He represented Cuba at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-24 |title=Wrestling-Five to watch at the Tokyo Olympics |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/wrestling-five-watch-tokyo-olympics-2021-06-24/ |access-date=2021-06-28 |website=Reuters |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628014003/https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/wrestling-five-watch-tokyo-olympics-2021-06-24/ |url-status=live }} He competed in the 67 kg event.{{Cite web |title=Wrestling Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=7 August 2021 |access-date=8 August 2021 |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games}}
He is a student at the Universidad de las Ciencias de la Cultura Física y el Deporte in Havana.
Coaching Career
In 2022, Borrero moved to Colorado Springs to become a Greco-Roman for the USA National Greco-Roman team. https://www.themat.com/news/2024/october/10/borrero-molina-s-journey-from-olympic-champion-to-team-usa-coach
References
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External links
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- {{IWD|A7B20259276C4874AAC411124780C2D0|Ismael Borrero Molina}}
- {{UWW|borrero-molina-ismael|Ismael Borrero Molina}}
- {{Olympics.com|ismael-borrero-molina|Ismael Borrero Molina}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{2015 Pan American Games profile|wrestling/athlete-profile-n10148462-borrero-ismael}}
{{Olympic Champions Greco-Roman wrestling bantamweight}}
{{World Champions Greco-Roman wrestling bantamweight}}
{{World Champions Greco-Roman wrestling lightweight}}
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Category:Cuban male sport wrestlers
Category:World Wrestling Championships medalists
Category:Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic wrestlers for Cuba
Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic medalists in wrestling
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Cuba
Category:Wrestlers at the 2015 Pan American Games
Category:Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba
Category:Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
Category:Wrestlers at the 2019 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists in wrestling
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in wrestling
Category:Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Wrestling Championships medalists
Category:Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Martial artists from Santiago de Cuba
Category:21st-century Cuban sportsmen
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