Emilio Correa

Cuban boxer (1953–2024)

埃米利奥·科雷亚 (1953年) · エミリオ・コレア · 에밀리오 코레아

Born

21 March 1953, Santiago de Cuba

Died

11 March 2024, Boa Vista

Citizenship

Cuba

Sport

boxing

Discipline

welterweight

Occupation

boxer

Height

183 cm (6 ft 0 in)

Emilio Correa Vaillant (21 March 1953 – 11 March 2024) was a Cuban amateur boxer who won welterweight gold at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, West Germany. He is not to be confused with his middleweight namesake, who is actually his son.

Inspired by his compatriots Roberto Caminero "Chocolatico" Pérez, Enrique Regüeiferos, Félix Betancourt, and Rolando Garbey who also hail from Santiago de Cuba, he started boxing in 1966.

At the PanAm Games in Cali, Colombia (1971) he won gold against American Larry Carlisle, but it was not until he beat Betancourt at the national championships in 1972 that he was able to secure his ticket to the Olympics. There he knocked out the defending champion Manfred Wolke of East Germany in the round of sixteen and defeated the rest on points to win Cuba's first welterweight boxing gold.

Correa died on 11 March 2024, at the age of 70.

Competitions

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q3052321 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.