Bárbaro Julio Morgan Soroa (4 December 1951 – January 2018) was a heavyweight wrestler from
Cuba
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, who competed in
freestyle
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Media
* '' FreeStyle'', ...
and
Greco-Roman wrestling
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,
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Bárbaro Morgan profile
available at the United World Wrestling Database. winning a bronze medal at the 1978 World Championships in men's freestyle. He competed in men's freestyle at the
1972
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,
1976
Events January
* January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 18 – Full diplomatic ...
and
1980 Summer Olympics
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and placed fifth-eighth.
Morgan won three silver medals in freestyle wrestling at the Pan American Games in 1971–1979 and a gold medal in
sambo
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* Sambo, Angola, a commune in Tchicala Tcholohanga, Huambo Province, Angola
* Sambo Creek, a village in Honduras
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* Khem Sambo (1961–2011), Cambodi ...
in 1983 – the only year when sambo tournament was held at those games.
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1951 births
2018 deaths
Olympic wrestlers for Cuba
Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Cuban male sport wrestlers
Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba
Wrestlers at the 1971 Pan American Games
Wrestlers at the 1975 Pan American Games
Wrestlers at the 1979 Pan American Games
Wrestlers at the 1983 Pan American Games
Sambokas at the 1983 Pan American Games
Cuban sambo practitioners
World Wrestling Championships medalists
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in wrestling
Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba
Competitors at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games
Competitors at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games
Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
People from Florida, Cuba
Sportspeople from Camagüey Province
20th-century Cuban sportsmen
Pan American Games medalists in sambo
Pan American Games gold medalists in wrestling
Pan American Games silver medalists in wrestling
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