Roberto Balado

Roberto Balado

Roberto Balado (left) facing Arnold Vanderlyde in Berlin, 1990
Personal information
Full name	Roberto Balado Mendez
Nationality	Cuba
Born	(1969-02-15)February 15, 1969 Jovellanos, Matanzas Province
Died	July 2, 1994(1994-07-02) (aged 25) Havana, Ciudad de la Habana
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Rated at	Super Heavyweight
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 0 World Championships 3 0 0 Pan American Games 1 0 0 Central American and Caribbean Games 1 0 0 Total 6 0 0 Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Super Heavyweight World Amateur Championships 1989 Moscow Super Heavyweight 1991 Sydney Super Heavyweight 1993 Tampere Super Heavyweight Pan American Games 1991 Havana Super Heavyweight Central American and Caribbean Games 1993 Ponce Super Heavyweight

Roberto Balado Mendez (February 15, 1969 – July 2, 1994) was a Cuban boxer. At the 1992 Summer Olympics he won a Gold medal in the men's Super Heavyweight (+91 kg) category.

He was Olympic champion in 1992, three times world champion (Moscow 1989, Sydney 1991, and Tampere 1993), and five times Cuban national champion. He was also the winner of the Val Barker Trophy for Outstanding Boxer at the 1992 Olympic Games.

Roberto Balado died in a crash at a train crossing in Havana, on July 2, 1994.