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Alcides Sagarra Carón

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Dr. Alcides Sagarra Carón (born August 18, 1936) is a Cuban sport official best known for moulding the amateur boxing team into a dominant force during his reign as the coach of the Cuban National Boxing Team (1964–2001) for which he gained an honorary soubriquet "El Maestro"[1] (="The Master").

Dr.Alcides Sagarra

Alcides Sagarra (center right) and Teófilo Stevenson meeting with the press at the Olimpiyski Sport Complex during the 1980 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Alcides Sagarra Carón
Nickname	"El Maestro"
Born	(1936-08-18) August 18, 1936 (age 89)Santiago  Cuba
Occupation	Boxing trainer
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Amateur boxing
Retired	2001
Cuban Team achievements under Sagarra World Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 32 Friendship Games 11 1 0 Goodwill Games World Championships 63 World Cup Youth, Jr and Cadet World Championships 64 Military Spartakiads of the Friendly Armies Regional Event 1st 2nd 3rd Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Championships North American Championships Total

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Fighters trained
  • 2.1 Cuban National Team boxers
  • 2.2 Cuban boxers who later turned pro
  • 2.3 Other Cuban boxers
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Career

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Alcides was born in Santiago de Cuba.

Between 1951 and 1954 he was an active boxer himself but quit due to his asthma. He worked as a mechanic but kept studying at the Sports Institute Manuel Fajardo.

In 1962 he became coach who quickly gained the reputation of being a strict disciplinarian, in 1963 he prepared the boxers of Havanna Province for the national championships. He sought the help of East German professor Kurt Rosentil to develop all kinds of innovative training methods. He was so successful that as early as 1964 he was promoted to national head coach. Also instrumental was Andrey Chervonenko, a Soviet coach sent to share training techniques as a display of Communism solidarity.[2] The first stars of the team were Enrique Regüeiferos (63,5 kilograms), Rolando Garbey (71 kg) and Roberto Caminero (60 kg) Cuba's first PanAm champ 1963.

Cuba medaled at the Olympics for the first time in 1968 (Regüeiferos, Garbey). He helped to develop the skills of amateur superstars like three time Olympic gold medalists Teofilo Stevenson who upset Duane Bobick by KO in 1972 to start heavyweight dominance and Félix Savón.

In 1992 the University of Havana awarded him a scientific title of "Doctor en Ciencias Pedagógicas". 2001 he retired from his post as national coach the post is now occupied by Sarbelio Fuentes.

His record is 32 Olympic Golds, 63 (senior) World championships, 64 junior/cadet World titles.

He also has a minor function in an AIBA commission.

Fighters trained

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Cuban National Team boxers

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Name	Weight Class	Notes
Roberto Balado	heavyweight
Enrique Carrión	bantamweight
Alfredo Duvergel	middleweight
Candelario Duvergel	welterweight
Angel Espinosa	middleweight
Rolando Garbey	light middleweight
Julio González	lightweight
Raúl González	flyweight
Roberto Guerra	welterweight
Jorge Gutiérrez	middleweight
Ariel Hernández	middleweight
Jorge Hernández	flyweight
Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez	bantamweight
Juan Hernández Sierra	welterweight
Ángel Herrera Vera	lightweight
Adolfo Horta	featherweight
Mario Kindelán	lightweight
Rogelio Marcelo	flyweight
Armando Martínez	middleweight
Luis Martínez	middleweight
Orlando Palacios	featherweight
Hipólito Ramos	light flyweight
Enrique Regüeiferos	light welterweight
Pedro Orlando Reyes	flyweight
Douglas Rodríguez	flyweight
Freddy Rojas	light heavyweight
Ricardo Rojas Frías	light heavyweight
Maikro Romero	flyweight
Pablo Romero	light heavyweight
Félix Savón	heavyweight
Sixto Soria	light heavyweight
Teófilo Stevenson	heavyweight
Eddy Suarez	bantamweight
Reinaldo Valiente	lightweight
Héctor Vinent	light welterweight

Cuban boxers who later turned pro

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Name	Weight Class	Notes
Pedro Carrión	heavyweight
Joel Casamayor	featherweight
Eliseo Castillo	light heavyweight
Eliecer Castillo	heavyweight
Juan Carlos Gómez	light heavyweight
Jorge Luis González	heavyweight
Diosbelys Hurtado	lightweight
Guillermo Rigondeaux	bantamweight
Alexis Rubalcaba	heavyweight
Odlanier Solís	heavyweight

Other Cuban boxers

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Name	Weight Class	Notes
Eulalio Puentes Martinez	lightweight

References

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1. ^ Historias de Vida : El Maestro Alcides Sagarra
2. ^ "Альсидес САГАРРА, кубинский тренер по боксу: "Своими победами я обязан СССР"" [Alcides Sagarra, Cuban boxing trainer: 'I owe my successes to the USSR.'] (in Russian). Granma (2000). July 23, 2002 – via Izvestia.

External links

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• Article (in Spanish)
• Hall of fame article

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