Rafael Carbonell Carrion (born November 25, 1943, in Oriente,

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, who represented his native country in three consecutive

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, starting in 1964. Carbonell won the gold medal in the men's light-flyweight (– 48 kg) division at the

1971 Pan American Games The 1971 Pan American Games, officially known as the VI Pan American Games () and commonly known as Cali 1971, were held in Cali, Colombia, from 30 July to 13 August 1971. (One source dates the Games from July 25 to August 8.) A total of 2,935 ...

, where the weight division was included for the first time.

1964 Olympic record

Below are the results of Rafael Carbonell, a Cuban flyweight boxer who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics: * Round of 32: lost to John McCafferty (Ireland) by decision, 0-5

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