Stevenson, Teofilo
1952 - Born in Puerto Padre, Cuba on the 29th of March.
1960 - Stevenson continued to improve under Herrera in the mid, winning a junior title and gaining additional training in Havana.
1970 - Stevenson went on to register convincing victories over Nancio Carillo and Juan Perez, two of Cuba's finest boxers in the weight division, securing a place in the national team for the Central American Championships.
1971 - Stevenson met fancied American boxer Duane Bobick. Bobick, a gold medalist at the Pan American Games.
1972 - Stevenson, now twenty, joined the Cuban boxing team for the Munich Olympics with high hopes resting on his performance.
- He was awarded the Val Barker Trophy for Outstanding Boxer at the Olympic Games.
- Teófilo Stevenson became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR, one of a few foreign athletes to be awarded the title in its history.
1974 - Stevenson did the same at the inaugural World Championships in Havana, Cuba
1980 - Stevenson went to the Summer Olympics in Moscow and became the second boxer ever, after Papp, to win three Olympic boxing gold medals.
1984 - He beat the Olympic champion Tyrell Biggs in February.
1999 - Stevenson was arrested at Miami International Airport when, before boarding a United Airlines chartered jet that would take the Cuban national boxing team home.
1960 - Stevenson continued to improve under Herrera in the mid, winning a junior title and gaining additional training in Havana.
1970 - Stevenson went on to register convincing victories over Nancio Carillo and Juan Perez, two of Cuba's finest boxers in the weight division, securing a place in the national team for the Central American Championships.
1971 - Stevenson met fancied American boxer Duane Bobick. Bobick, a gold medalist at the Pan American Games.
1972 - Stevenson, now twenty, joined the Cuban boxing team for the Munich Olympics with high hopes resting on his performance.
- He was awarded the Val Barker Trophy for Outstanding Boxer at the Olympic Games.
- Teófilo Stevenson became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR, one of a few foreign athletes to be awarded the title in its history.
1974 - Stevenson did the same at the inaugural World Championships in Havana, Cuba
1980 - Stevenson went to the Summer Olympics in Moscow and became the second boxer ever, after Papp, to win three Olympic boxing gold medals.
1984 - He beat the Olympic champion Tyrell Biggs in February.
1999 - Stevenson was arrested at Miami International Airport when, before boarding a United Airlines chartered jet that would take the Cuban national boxing team home.
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