Maikro Romero

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Romero and the second or maternal family name is Esquivel.

Maikro Romero (born December 9, 1972) is a Cuban boxer, who won the gold medal in the Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Maikro Romero

Personal information
Full name	Maikro Eusebio Romero Esquivel
Nationality	Cuban
Born	(1972-12-09) December 9, 1972 (age 52) Guantánamo
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Light Flyweight and Flyweight
Medal record Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Flyweight 2000 Sydney Light Flyweight World Amateur Championships 1997 Budapest Light Flyweight 1999 Houston Light Flyweight Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg Light Flyweight Central American and Caribbean Games 1998 Maracaibo Light Flyweight 1993 Ponce Light Flyweight Goodwill Games 1998 New York Light Flyweight

Later he changed weight class to Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) and won the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships. Trying to defend his title in 1999, he lost to Brian Viloria in the final and won a silver medal. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney he won a bronze medal together with Kim Un-Chol of North Korea.

Amateur highlights

• Two time gold medalist at the Pan American Games (1997, 1999)
• Gold medalist at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Budapest
• Four time Cuban National Champion (1992–1995)

Olympic results

1996

• Defeated Eric Morel (United States) 24-12
• Defeated Lernik Papyan (Armenia) 22-6
• Defeated Elias Recaido (Philippines) 18-3
• Defeated Albert Pakeyev (Russia) 12-6
• Defeated Bulat Jumadilov (Kazakhstan) 12-11

2000

• Defeated José Luis Varela (Venezuela) 15-1
• Defeated Marian Velicu (Romania) RSC 4
• Defeated Valeriy Sydorenko (Ukraine) 12-5
• Lost to Brahim Asloum (France) 12-13

References

• Amateur Record at the Wayback Machine (archived October 26, 2009)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maikro Romero". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.