Arnaldo Mesa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arnaldo Mesa

boxer

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1967

Place of Birth: Frank País, Holguín Province, Cuba

Date of Death: 17-Dec-2012

Profession: boxer

Nationality: Cuba

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Arnaldo Mesa Bonell (6 December 1967 – 17 December 2012) was a retired boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
In the final of the Bantamweight (– 54 kg) division he was defeated by Hungary's István Kovács.
A year earlier, at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, he captured the gold medal in his division.
In 1986 he already won the bronze medal at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno. He died due to a heart attack two weeks after his 45th birthday on 17 December 2012.