LOPEZ Arlen

Date of Birth: 21 Feb 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Place of birth: GUANTANAMO

Birth Country:

Cuba

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Boxing	Men's Light Heavy (75-81kg)	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Kokugikan Arena	Men's Light Heavy (75-81kg) - Preliminaries - Round of 16 #138 CUB LOPEZ ALOPEZ Arlen 5 WP ALG HOUMRI MHOUMRI Mohammed 0	Finished
	Kokugikan Arena	Men's Light Heavy (75-81kg) Quarterfinal 3 #186 CUB LOPEZ ALOPEZ Arlen 5 WP MEX ROMERO TORRES RROMERO TORRES Rogelio 0	Finished
	Kokugikan Arena	Men's Light Heavy (75-81kg) Semifinal 2 #229 CUB LOPEZ ALOPEZ Arlen 5 WP AZE ALFONSO DOMINGUEZALFONSO DOMINGUEZ Loren Berto 0	Finished
	Kokugikan Arena	Men's Light Heavy (75-81kg) Final Bout #256 GBR WHITTAKER BWHITTAKER Benjamin 1 CUB LOPEZ ALOPEZ Arlen 4 WP	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Middle	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Middle	2015	Doha, QAT
5	Middle	2019	Yekaterinburg, RUS
5	Middle	2017	Hamburg, GER

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Middle	2019	Lima, PER

Pan American Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Middle	2017	Tegucigalpa, HON

Chemie Pokal

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Middle	2018	Halle, GER

Grand Prix Usti

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Middle	2019	Usti nad Labem, CZE

La Maravilla [The Wonder]. (Facebook profile, 22 Oct 2020)

Occupation:

University of Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, CUB

Languages spoken:

Victor Sanchez Matos [national]

Switch (juventudrebelde.cu, 01 Sep 2016)

He began competing in boxing at age 10 in Cuba. (juventudrebelde.cu, 01 Sep 2016)

His talent was discovered by coach Eleodoro Stable, who invited him to try boxing. (juventudrebelde.cu, 01 Sep 2016)

Coach Eleodoro Stable. (juventudrebelde.cu, 01 Sep 2016)

General Interest

Olympic qualifying results
He secured a spot for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo through the IOC Boxing Task Force [BTF] rankings. (jit.cu, 12 May 2021)

General
WEIGHT CATEGORY CHANGE
In 2019 he moved up from the middleweight category, in which he won gold at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, to the light heavyweight division. "Little by little I have to adapt everything because now rivals punch harder than in my previous division. I have to improve my defence and reflexes to avoid strong punches." (acn.cu, 20 Nov 2019)

STANCE
He has a natural orthodox stance but has been able to fight as a switch hitter since he was age 13. "I realised during a training session that I punch well with both hands. When I entered the national team, a coach told me he would not oppose trying it, but in order to improve it I had to be faster and further develop my physical strength." (juventudrebelde.cu, 01 Sep 2016)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/arlen.lopezcardona.3

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
WP:: Win on Points

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