- Maikro Romero
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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Romero and the second or maternal family name is Esquivel.
Maikro Romero Personal information Full name Maikro Eusebio Romero Esquivel Nationality 
CubaBorn December 9, 1972
GuantánamoHeight 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Weight 48 kilograms (110 lb) Sport Sport Boxing Rated at Light Flyweight and Flyweight Medal recordOlympic Games Gold 1996 Atlanta Flyweight Bronze 2000 Sydney Light Flyweight World Amateur Championships Gold 1997 Budapest Light Flyweight Silver 1999 Houston Light Flyweight Pan American Games Gold 1999 Winnipeg Light Flyweight Central American and Caribbean Games Gold 1998 Maracaibo Light Flyweight Bronze 1993 Ponce Light Flyweight Maikro Romero (born December 9, 1972) is a Cuban boxer, who won the gold medal in the Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Later he changed weight class to Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) and won the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships. Trying to defend his title in 1999, he lost to Brian Viloria in the final and won a silver medal. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney he won a bronze medal together with Kim Un-Chol of North Korea.
Amateur Highlights
- Two time gold medalist at the Pan American Games (1997, 1999)
- Gold medalist at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Budapest
- Four time Cuban National Champion (1992–1995)
Olympic results
1996
- Defeated Eric Morel (United States) 24-12
- Defeated Lernik Papyan (Armenia) 22-6
- Defeated Elias Recaido (Philippines) 18-3
- Defeated Albert Pakeyev (Russia) 12-6
- Defeated Bulat Jumadilov (Kazakhstan) 12-11
2000
- Defeated José Luis Varela (Venezuela) 15-1
- Defeated Marian Velicu (Romania) RSC 4
- Defeated Valeriy Sydorenko (Ukraine) 12-5
- Lost to Brahim Asloum (France) 12-13
References
Olympic Boxing Champions in Men's Flyweight 1904: - 105 lb (47.6 kg), 1920-1936: - 112 lb (50.8 kg), 1948-1964: - 51 kg, 1968-2008: 48-51 kg 1904: George Finnegan (USA) • 1920: Frankie Genaro (USA) • 1924: Fidel LaBarba (USA) • 1928: Antal Kocsis (HUN) • 1932: István Énekes (HUN) • 1936: Willy Kaiser (GER) • 1948: Pascual Pérez (ARG) • 1952: Nate Brooks (USA) • 1956: Terence Spinks (GBR) • 1960: Gyula Török (HUN) • 1964: Fernando Atzori (ITA) • 1968: Ricardo Delgado (MEX) • 1972: Georgi Kostadinov (BUL) • 1976: Leo Randolph (USA) • 1980: Petar Lesov (BUL) • 1984: Steve McCrory (USA) • 1988: Kim Kwang-Sun (KOR) • 1992: Choi Chol-Su (PRK) • 1996: Maikro Romero (CUB) • 2000: Wijan Ponlid (THA) • 2004: Yuriorkis Gamboa (CUB) • 2008: Somjit Jongjohor (THA)
World Amateur Boxing Champions in Men's Light Flyweight 1974 – 2009: up to 48 kg; 2011: up to 49 kg 1974: Jorge Hernández (CUB) · 1978: Stephen Muchoki (KEN) · 1982: Ismail Mustafov (BUL) · 1986: Juan Torres (CUB) · 1989: Eric Griffin (USA) · 1991: Eric Griffin (USA) · 1993: Nshan Munchyan (ARM) · 1995: Daniel Petrov (BUL) · 1997: Maikro Romero (CUB) · 1999: Brian Viloria (USA) · 2001: Yan Bartelemí (CUB) · 2003: Sergey Kazakov (RUS) · 2005: Zou Shiming (CHN) · 2007: Zou Shiming (CHN) · 2009: Pürevdorjiin Serdamba (MGL) · 2011: Zou Shiming (CHN)
Pan American Boxing Champions in Men's Light Flyweight 1971 – 2007: up to 48 kg 1971: Rafael Carbonell (CUB) • 1975: Jorge Hernández (CUB) • 1979: Hector Ramírez (CUB) • 1983: Rafael Ramos (PUR) • 1987: Luis Román Rolón (PUR) • 1991: Rogelio Marcelo (CUB) • 1995: Edgar Velasquez (VEN) • 1999: Maikro Romero (CUB) • 2003: Yan Bartelemí (CUB) • 2007: Luis Yáñez (USA)Categories:- 1972 births
- Living people
- Cuban people of Spanish descent
- Cuban boxers
- Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Olympic boxers of Cuba
- Olympic gold medalists for Cuba
- Olympic bronze medalists for Cuba
- People from Guantánamo
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Cuban boxing biography stubs
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