Euri Cedeño

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Euri Cedeño
Personal information
Full nameEuri Cedeño Martínez
NationalityDominican
Born (1999-11-01) 1 November 1999 (age 22)
La Romana
Weight60 kg
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classMiddleweight
Coached byArmando Hernández
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Dominican Republic
Central American and Caribbean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Barranquilla Middleweight

Euri Cedeño Martínez (born November 1, 1999 in La Romana) is a boxer from the Dominican Republic. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Personal life[]

Cedeño weighs 60 kilograms (130 lb) and was born on November 1, 1999[1] in La Romana.[2][3]

His father, Aquino Cedeño Severino, was a boxing trainer. He has a younger brother, Hendri[2] who participated in the 64 kg boxing category of the 2019 Pan American Games[4] and a sister, Imbel, who was also a boxer.[3] Cedeño is a private from the Air Force of the Dominican Republic[2] and is a southpaw.[5]


Career[]

2016[]

Cedeño won the silver medal in the Youth Pan American Championship held in Garabito, Costa Rica, when he lost 0-3 to Nicaraguan Rommel Caballero.[6][7]

At Sibur Arena, Saint Petersburg, he participated in November at the Youth World Championships, defeating by technical knockout the Moldovan Alexandru Paraschiv[5] but was defeated in the round of 16 by Ankush Dahiya from India.[8]

2017[]

He was awarded Boxing Athlete of the Year from his native city council and Sport Union.[9]

2018[]

He lost 0-5 to Diego Moreno in the Central American and Caribbean Games qualifier held in Tijuana, [10] nonetheless, he was selected to participate in the games.[11] During the Central American and Caribbean Games he won 5-0 to Trinidadian and Tobagonian representative Aaron Solomón Prince[12] before falling 1-4 to the 2014 Central American and Caribbean and 2016 Olympic Champion[13] Cuban Arlen López to earn the bronze medal.[14]

Cedeño defeated the Dominican Adonis Johnson, winning the gold medal at the Romana Cup.[15]

2019[]

He participated in the XXXVIII Independence Cup held in the Dominican city of Santiago de los Caballeros, defeating 5-0 to the Ecuadorian Bryan Angulo to win the gold medal.[16]

He qualified for 2019 Pan American Games with victories over Chilean Diego Guerra[17] and Aaron Prince from Trinidad and Tobago before losing from Cuban Arlen López when he was not able to contest the semifinal bout for injury reasons,[18] winning the bronze medal.[19][20]

Under the guidance of the Cuban Armando Hernández, National Head Coach, he claimed to be getting ready to bring a medal to his home country, especially preparing to face his biggest rival, Cuban Arlen López.[21] In the games, Cedeño was drafted along with Cuban Arlen López in the 75 kg category quarterfinals, with Cedeño losing the bout 1-4.[22]

He competed in Yekaterinburg, Russia at the World Championships were he and his team arrived late when the tournament already have started,[23] nonetheless, he started winning over Croatian Mladen Sobjeslavski 5-0 in the first round,[24][25] a win by Referee Stop the Combat by opponent injury against the Swedish Adam Chartoi in the second round[26][27] and finally falling 1-4 to Cuban Arlen López in the third round.[28]

During the Romana Cup, Euri Cedeño win over Mexican Héctor Aguirre to secure the gold medal.[29][30]

2021[]

After the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Cedeño secured a 2020 Summer Olympics spot after being among the top five of his weight division based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings for the Americas.[31]

As part of the preparations for the Summer Olympics,[31] he participated in the International Boxing Tournament Konstantin Korotkov Memorial, there he lost to the Russian Dzhambulat Bizhamov.[32] During the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics tournament, he defeated the Venezuelan athlete competing under the Refugee Olympic Team Eldric Sella when the referee stopped the contest after 67 seconds of the first round.[33]

References[]

  1. ^ "Cedeño Martínez Euri" (in Spanish). Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  2. ^ a b c Castro, Julio E. (2019-05-24). "Hendry y Eury, dos hermanos unidos por el boxeo". El Caribe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  3. ^ a b Rodríguez, Ramón (2019-07-24). "Hacedor de campeones: Euri y Hendri Cedeño, herencia de formador de talentos". Listin Diario (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  4. ^ "RD asciende en el medallero de los Juegos Panamericanos Lima 2019". N Digital Multimedia (in Spanish). 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  5. ^ a b "Boxers turn up the heat to reach last 16 on Day Four of the AIBA Youth World Championships". AIBA. 2016-11-20. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  6. ^ Martínez M., Erick (2016-10-02). "Rommel brilla en Costa Rica". El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). Managua, Nicaragua. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  7. ^ "RD logra tres oro y una plata en Copa de Boxeo". Listin Diario (in Spanish). Garabito, Costa Rica. 2016-10-03. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  8. ^ "21 Asian boxers advanced to the quarter-finals in the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships". ASBC. 2016-11-23. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  9. ^ Cordero, Franklin (2017-04-09). "Reconocen atletas destacados del 2016 en La Romana". Diario Libre (in Spanish). La Romana. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  10. ^ "Central American and Caribbean Games Qualifier - Tijuana, Mexico". strefa.pl. 2018-03-18. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  11. ^ Cadete, Primitivo (2018-05-23). "Boxeo RD Con equipo completo para Barranquilla". Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  12. ^ "Cedeño, De la Cruz y Rodríguez aseguran bronce en el boxeo de Barranquilla". El Nacional (in Spanish). Barranquilla, Colombia. 2018-07-27. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  13. ^ "Rodríguez gana y avanza a final". Listin Diario (in Spanish). Barranquilla, Colombia. 2018-07-30. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  14. ^ Nacianceno, Alfonso (2018-07-30). "Boxeo teje su trama dorada". Granma (in Spanish). Barranquilla, Colombia. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  15. ^ Díaz, Jacinto (2018-09-29). "RD se proclama campeona XXXVII Copa Romana de Boxeo". El Nacional (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  16. ^ "Dominicana gana Copa Independencia". El Nacional (in Spanish). Santiago. 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  17. ^ "Lo que deja la participación de Chile en el PrePanamericano de Boxeo". El Reportero (in Spanish). 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  18. ^ Calero, Kenmil (2019-04-10). "Sexta jornada del Prepanamericano de Boxeo". Comité Olímpico Nicaragüense (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  19. ^ "AMBC PanAm Games Qualifiers Managua 2019" (PDF). Boxing Canada. 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  20. ^ "Boxeo clasifica 11 a los Juegos Panamericanos; Gana dos oro, dos plata y cinco medallas de bronce". El Caribe (in Spanish). 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  21. ^ Castro, Julio E. (2019-05-29). "Boxeo de RD busca parar sequía de oro en Lima". El Caribe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  22. ^ "Todo el boxeo cubano a las semifinales de Lima". Radio Cubitas Digital (in Spanish). Lima. 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  23. ^ "Boxeadores dominicanos que competirán en el Campeonato Mundial de Boxeo Ekaterimburgo, 2019". Diario Libre (in Spanish). 2019-09-07. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  24. ^ "AIBA Men's World Boxing Championships 2019" (PDF). Boxing Canada. 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  25. ^ Gillen, Nancy (2019-09-09). "Nemouchi books meeting with Olympic middleweight champion as AIBA Men's World Championships begin". Inside the Games. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  26. ^ "AIBA Men's World Boxing Championships 2019" (PDF). Boxing Canada. 2019-09-14. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  27. ^ "Triunfa Cuba en Mundial de Boxeo". Granma (in Spanish). 2019-09-14. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  28. ^ "AIBA Men's World Boxing Championships 2019" (PDF). strefa.pl. 2019-09-21. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  29. ^ "La Romana se proclama campeón de la XXXVIII Copa Romana de Boxeo Internacional". Colimdo (in Spanish). La Romana. 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  30. ^ "La Romana campeón boxeo internacional". El Nacional (in Spanish). La Romana. 2019-10-27. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  31. ^ a b Sánchez G., Carlos (2021-04-26). "Siete boxeadores dominicanos clasifican a Tokio mediante ranking". Diario Libre (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  32. ^ "Dzhambulat Bizhamov v Euri Cedeno". BoxRec. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  33. ^ Núñez, Eric (2021-07-26). "La aventura olímpica del refugiado venezolano duró 67 segundos". Chicago Tribune (in Spanish). Tokyo. AP. Retrieved 2021-07-26.

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