SOTOMAYOR COLLAZO Lorenzo

Azerbaijan

Boxing

Date of Birth: 16 Feb 1985

Age: 36

Gender: Male

Place of birth: HAVANA

Birth Country:

Cuba

Place of residence : BAKU

Residence Country:

Azerbaijan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Boxing	Men's Welter (63-69kg)	17

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Kokugikan Arena	Men's Welter (63-69kg) - Preliminaries - Round of 32 #25 AZE SOTOMAYOR COLLAZOSOTOMAYOR COLLAZO Lorenzo GEO MADIEV EMADIEV Eskerkhan RSC-I	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Light Welter	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Light Welter	2015	Doha, QAT
9	Light Welter	2017	Hamburg, GER
17	Welter	2019	Yekaterinburg, RUS

European Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Welter	2019	Minsk, BLR
5	Light Welter	2017	Kharkiv, UKR

Nickname:

Azeri Muhammad Ali (aipsmedia.com, 19 Jun 2015)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Higher Institute of Physical Culture Manuel Fajardo [ISCF], Cuba

Languages spoken:

English, Spanish

Coach:

Humberto Orta Dominguez [national], CUB

Hand:

Orthodox (boxrec.com, 07 Jun 2021)

Sporting relatives:

His uncle Javier Sotomayor represented Cuba in high jump. He won gold at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. (SportsDeskOnline, 09 Jun 2016; aipsmedia.com, 19 Jun 2015)

Start:

He began boxing in 2000. (aiba.org, 30 Sep 2015)

Reason:

He took up the sport because he wanted to become an Olympic champion like his uncle Javier, who won gold for Cuba in high jump at the 1992 Games in Barcelona. (azertag.az, 14 Jun 2015)

Ambition:

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (azerisport.com, 13 Nov 2016)

Hero:

Cuban high jumper [and his uncle] Javier Sotomayor, US boxer Muhammad Ali. (aipsmedia.com, 19 Jun 2015)

Award:

For his performance at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, he received the Order for Service to the Fatherland [third class] in Azerbaijan. (ru.president.az, 01 Sep 2016)

In recognition of the gold medal he won at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, he received the Shohrat [Glory] Order from the president of Azerbaijan. (ru.president.az, 29 Jun 2015)

General Interest

Olympic qualifying results
He secured a spot for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo through his performance at the 2021 European Qualifying Event in Paris, France. (insidethegames.biz, 04 Jun 2021)

General
FROM CUBA TO AZERBAIJAN
He moved from Cuba to Azerbaijan in 2013 to give himself a better chance of qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. "A coach from Azerbaijan called me and that is how it all started. Here I have a lot more opportunities than I had in Cuba, where it was more difficult [to be selected for the national team]. I am enjoying my time here, even though I am not a local, I have lots of friends here. The people are fantastic." (aipsmedia.com, 19 Jun 2015; azertag.az, 14 Jun 2015)

SHINING STAR
He has chosen to box under the name Collazo, which means 'shining star'. (aipsmedia.com, 18 Jun 2015)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
RSC-I:: Referee Stops Contest - Injury

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