Jorge Gutiérrez (boxer)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gutiérrez and the second or maternal family name is Espinosa.

Jorge Gutiérrez Espinosa (born 18 September 1975, in Camagüey) is a former boxer from Cuba. He won the Middleweight Gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Jorge Gutiérrez

Personal information
Full name	Jorge Gutiérrez Espinosa
Nickname	El Guajito
Nationality	Cuba
Born	(1975-09-18) September 18, 1975 (age 49) Camagüey
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Middleweight
Medal record Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Middleweight World Amateur Championships 1999 Houston Light Middleweight Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg Light Middleweight

Gutiérrez's Olympic results were:

• Defeated Somchai Chimlum (Thailand) 20–11
• Defeated Antonios Giannoulas (Greece) 20–7
• Defeated Adrian Diaconu (Romania) KO 1
• Defeated Vugar Alekperov (Azerbaijan) 19–9
• Defeated Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov (Russia) 17–15

He was technically too old to compete in the 1994 World Junior Championship. He was 19 years old, born in 1975 (the limit was 1976). He competed anyway and won the gold medal.

Amateur highlights

• 1994 World Junior champion at 71 kg
• 1998 World cup champion at 75 kg
• 1999 Pan American Games champion at 71 kg
• 1999 World Championship Silver medalist, losing by WO to Marian Simion (ROM)

References

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jorge Gutiérrez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.