Yan Bartelemí Varela
Encyclopedia
Yan Bartelemí Varela is a Cuban
amateur boxer
, who won the gold medal in the light flyweight
division (– 48 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
.
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.
He was part of the Cuba
n team that won the 2006 Boxing World Cup
.
Latino Bantamweight title in his next match. He most recently was upset by Jorge Diaz after taking the fight on short notice, losing by TKO, a major career setback.
His next fight is scheduled on March 18, 2011 against top prospect Christopher Avalos
at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida
Cubans
Cubans or Cuban people are the inhabitants or citizens of Cuba. Cuba is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds...
amateur boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
, who won the gold medal in the light flyweight
Olympic medalists in boxing
This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in boxing from 1904 to 2008.-Light flyweight:*1968 - : up to 48 kg.-Flyweight:*1904: up to 105 lb *1920-1936: up to 112 lb *1948-1964: up to 51 kg...
division (– 48 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
.
Amateur
- 2004 Summer OlympicsBoxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Light FlyweightThe Light Flyweight class in the boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics competition was the lightest class. Light flyweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 48 kilograms.-Medalists:-Schedule:-Results:-Notes:...
in Athens, Greece- Round of 32 – Defeated Miguel Ángel MirandaMiguel Ángel MirandaMiguel Ángel Miranda Guerra is a male light-flyweight boxer from Venezuela, who represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he was outscored in the first round of the men's light-flyweight division by Cuba's eventual gold medalist Yan Bartelemí...
of Venezuela – RSC-3 - Round of 16 – Defeated Suban PannonSuban PannonSuban Pannon is a Thai amateur boxer who won a gold medal at the 1998 Asian Games.-Career:Pannon won the 1998 Asian Games in the men's light flyweight division. He claimed the bronze medal in the same division one year earlier, at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas.He...
of Thailand – PTS (23-14) - Quarterfinals – Defeated Hong Moo-WonHong Moo-WonHong Moo-Won is a South Korean amateur boxer best known to participate at the Olympics 2004 and winning a bronze medal at the Asian Games 2006 in Doha.- Career :...
of North Korea – PTS (30-11) - Semifinals – Defeated Zou ShimingZou ShimingZou Shiming is the most successful amateur boxer from the People's Republic of China. He has won three world titles in 2005, 2007 and 2011 and the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Light flyweight division.-Career:...
of China – PTS (29-17) - Final – Defeated Atagun YalcinkayaAtagün YalçinkayaAtagün Yalçınkaya is a Turkish boxer in the bantamweight division best known for winning the silver medal in the light-flyweight category at the 2004 Olympics.- Amateur :...
of Turkey – PTS (21-16)
- Round of 32 – Defeated Miguel Ángel Miranda
- 2005 Boxing World Cup2005 Boxing World Cup-Cuba-Thailand:-Cuba-Romania:-Romania-Thailand:-Final ranking:-Russia-Belarus:-United States-Belarus:-Russia-United States:-Final ranking:-Georgia-Kazakhstan:-Georgia-Africa:-Africa-Kazakhstan:-Final ranking:-Azerbaijan-South Korea:...
in Moscow, Russia- Defeated Suban PannonSuban PannonSuban Pannon is a Thai amateur boxer who won a gold medal at the 1998 Asian Games.-Career:Pannon won the 1998 Asian Games in the men's light flyweight division. He claimed the bronze medal in the same division one year earlier, at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas.He...
(Thailand) 36–12 - Defeated Iulius Poczo (Romania) RSC-2
- Defeated Mirat SarsembayevMirat SarsembayevMirat Sarsembayev is an amateur boxer from Kazakhstan best known for winning the flyweight bronze at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships.-Career:...
(Kazakhstan) 44–15 - Defeated Sergey KazakovSergey KazakovSergey Kazakov is a Russian amateur boxer best known to win the World Championships 2003 and European Championships 1998, 2002 and 2004 in the Men's Light Flyweight.Kazakov won the European Championships in 1998...
(Russia) 26–14
- Defeated Suban Pannon
In December 2006, Barthelemy together with fellow Athens Olympic champions Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano
Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano
Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano is a Cuban professional boxer who, as an amateur boxer, won an Olympic gold medal in the flyweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is the former IBF and WBA Featherweight champion, being stripped of both titles...
and Odlanier Solís
Odlanier Solis
Odlanier Solís Fonte is a Cuban professional boxer. He won the Olympic Gold medal in Athens 2004 and was a three time winner at the World Amateur Boxing Championships.-Amateur career:...
left training camp in Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
for Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
and defected to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. They signed a contract with a Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
-based promoter and turned professional.
He was part of the Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
n team that won the 2006 Boxing World Cup
2006 Boxing World Cup
The 2006 Boxing World Cup was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from October 15 to October 22.-Pool A:Preliminary round standings-Pool B:Preliminary round standings-Final:* Ukraine and Azerbaijan shared the third place.-External links:...
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Pro
Bartelemí made his pro 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 shockingly upset by unheralded Ernie Marquez, suffering his 1st loss. Bartelemí then went to win the vacant WBCWorld Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...
Latino Bantamweight title in his next match. He most recently was upset by Jorge Diaz after taking the fight on short notice, losing by TKO, a major career setback.
His next fight is scheduled on March 18, 2011 against top prospect Christopher Avalos
Christopher Avalos
Christopher Matthew Avalos is a Mexican American boxer in the Bantamweight division and is the current WBO NABO Bantamweight Champion.-WBO NABO Championship:...
at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida