Roberto Balado

Roberto Balado Méndez (15 February 1969 2 July 1994) was a Cuban amateur boxer, who competed from 1986 to 1994. At the 1992 Summer Olympics he won a Gold medal in the men's super heavyweight (+91 kg).

Roberto Balado
Balado in 1990
Personal information
Full nameRoberto Balado Mendez
Nationality Cuba
Born(1969-02-15)15 February 1969
Jovellanos, Matanzas Province
Died2 July 1994(1994-07-02) (aged 25)
Havana, Ciudad de la Habana
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classSuper Heavyweight
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Championships 3 0 0
Youth World Championships 1 0 0
World Cup 2 0 0
Pan American Games 1 0 0
Central American and Caribbean Games 1 0 0
Central America and Caribbean Championships 1 0 0
Total 10 0 0
Olympic Games
1992 BarcelonaSuper Heavyweight
World Championships
1989 Moscow Super Heavyweight
1991 Sydney Super Heavyweight
1993 Tampere Super Heavyweight
Youth World Championships
1987 Havana Heavyweight
World Cup
1990 Bombay Super Heavyweight
1994 Bangkok Super Heavyweight
Pan American Games
1991 Havana Super Heavyweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
1993 Ponce Super Heavyweight
Central America and Caribbean Championships
1987 San José Heavyweight

A natural heavyweight, he was Olympic champion (Barcelona 1992), three times world champion (Moscow 1989, Sydney 1991, and Tampere 1993), and five times Cuban national champion. He was also the winner of the Val Barker Trophy for Outstanding Boxer at the 1992 Olympic Games.

Balado was at his prime, looking forward to win many forthcoming events, considered by some boxing experts to be the world's second-best fighter after Félix Savón (who competed one weight division below), and being one of the favourites of the 1995 Pan American Games and 1996 Olympics, but died in a car accident.

At the time of his death, age 25, he had 250 fights, with a record of 238 victories, and 12 losses.

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