Yan Bartelemí

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

Yan Barthelemy Varela (born March 5, 1980, Matanzas) is a Cuban-American amateur boxer, who won the gold medal in the light flyweight division (– 48 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Yan Barthelemy

Bartelemí on April 5, 2008
Personal information
Full name	Yan Bartelemí Varela
Born	(1980-03-05) March 5, 1980 (age 45) Havana, Cuba
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Light Flyweight
Medal record Olympic Games 2004 Athens Light Flyweight World Amateur Championships 2001 Belfast Light Flyweight Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo Light Flyweight Central American and Caribbean Games 2006 Cartagena Light Flyweight World Cup 2005 Moscow Light Flyweight

Amateur career

• 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece
  • Round of 32 – Defeated Miguel Ángel Miranda of Venezuela – RSC-3
  • Round of 16 – Defeated Suban Pannon of Thailand – PTS (23-14)
  • Quarterfinals – Defeated Hong Moo-Won of North Korea – PTS (30-11)
  • Semifinals – Defeated Zou Shiming of China – PTS (29-17)
  • Final – Defeated Atagun Yalcinkaya of Turkey – PTS (21-16)
• 2005 Boxing World Cup in Moscow, Russia
  • Defeated Suban Pannon (Thailand) 36–12
  • Defeated Iulius Poczo (Romania) RSC-2
  • Defeated Mirat Sarsembayev (Kazakhstan) 44–15
  • Defeated Sergey Kazakov (Russia) 26–14

In December 2006, Barthelemy together with fellow Athens Olympic champions Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano and Odlanier Solís left training camp in Venezuela for Colombia and defected to the United States. They signed a contract with a Hamburg-based promoter and turned professional.^[1]

He was part of the Cuban team that won the 2006 Boxing World Cup.^[2]

Professional career

Barthelemy made his professional debut on April 27, 2007, by winning a UD against Ravil Mukhamadiarov and knocked him down in the 4th round. Bartelemí was 6–0 before being upset by unheralded Ernie Marquez, suffering his first loss. Bartelemí then went to win the vacant WBC Latino Bantamweight title in his next match.^[3] He most recently was upset by Jorge Diaz after taking the fight on short notice, losing by TKO, a major career setback. ^{[citation needed]}