Waldemar Font

Waldemar Font Quintero is a Cuban former amateur boxer who won the World Amateur Championships as a flyweight at Tampere in 1993.

Waldemar Font

Personal information
Full name	Waldemar Font Quintero
Nationality	Cuba
Born	Havana, Cuba
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Flyweight/Bantamweight
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  CUB World Amateur Championships 1993 Tampere Flyweight (-51 kg) 1997 Budapest Bantamweight (-54 kg) Central American and Caribbean Games 1998 Maracaibo Bantamweight (-54 kg) Goodwill Games 1998 New York Bantamweight (-54 kg) Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg Bantamweight (-54 kg)

While competing at the 1994 Goodwill Games, Font tested positive for the banned diuretic furosemide and had to forfeit the flyweight gold medal that he won there, in addition to receiving a two-year ban.[1]

Font had a successful return to boxing, winning a silver medal at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships, as a bantamweight. He was a gold medalist at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games, silver medalist at the 1998 Goodwill Games and bronze medalist at the 1999 Pan American Games.[2]

References

1. "Cuban Boxers Banned After Drug Test". News & Record. 26 November 1994.
2. "Cubans Dominate in Goodwill Boxing". Associated Press. 1 August 1998.