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Also Known As Teófilo Stevenson Lawrence
Born March 29, 1952 • Cuba
Died June 11, 2012 (aged 60) • Havana • Cuba
Awards And Honors Olympic Games

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Cuba's Teofilo Stevenson, wearing boxing gloves and shorts labeled Cuba, faces USSR's Pjotr Zayev in the ring during their 1980 Olympic heavyweight final match.
Teófilo Stevenson (right) fighting at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow
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Nadia Comăneci
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