Alejandro Puerto Díaz (born October 1, 1964) is a retired male

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from

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and Olympic champion in

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. Puerto competed at the

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where he won a gold medal in the men's

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event, the ''bantamweight'' class."1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Wrestling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on September 9, 2008)

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* 1964 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Cuba Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cuban male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in wrestling World Wrestling Champions Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Pan American Games gold medalists in wrestling Pan American Games silver medalists in wrestling Pan American Games bronze medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 1983 Pan American Games Wrestlers at the 1987 Pan American Games Wrestlers at the 1991 Pan American Games Wrestlers at the 1995 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games Martial artists from Pinar del Río 20th-century Cuban sportsmen {{Cuba-wrestling-bio-stub