Ricardo Rojas Frías

{{Short description|Cuban boxer (born 1955)}}

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Ricardo Rojas Frías (born June 15, 1955) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he won the bronze medal in the light heavyweight division (– 81 kg), after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual silver medalist Paweł Skrzecz of Poland.

1980 Olympic results

  • Round of 16: Defeated Ismail Salman (Iraq) by decision, 5-0
  • Quarterfinal: Defeated Michael Madsen (Denmark) by decision, 4-1
  • Semifinal: Lost to Pawel Skrzecz (Poland) by decision, 2-3 (was awarded bronze medal)

References

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20130323143900/http://databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ROJASRIC01 databaseOlympics]

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Category:1955 births

Category:Living people

Category:Light-heavyweight boxers

Category:Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic boxers for Cuba

Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Cuba

Category:Olympic medalists in boxing

Category:Cuban male boxers

Category:Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Category:20th-century Cuban sportsmen

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