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Born |
Villa Clara, Cuba |
March 12, 1992 ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Light Flyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Rolando Acebal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yosvany Veitía Soto (born 12 March 1992, Villa Clara, Cuba) is a Cuban amateur boxer in the light flyweight division who competed at the 2012 Olympics. He is a southpaw.
At the 2010 Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships he won Bronze.
At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships (results) he beat Birzhan Zhakypov and two unknowns but was stopped by Mongolian defending champion Pürevdorjiin Serdamba. At the 2011 Pan American Games (results) he lost the final to local Joselito Velazquez.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics (results) he beat Australian Billy Ward 26:4, then lost to eventual winner Zou Shiming 10:13.