Yosvany VeitÃa
Yosvany Veitía Soto ( born March 12, 1992, Sancti Spiritus ) is a Cuban boxer. Veitía was silver medalist at the Pan American Games in 2011 and bronze medalist of the World Championships 2013.
Career
In the youth level ( U19) Veitía won 2010 in the light flyweight (-48 kg), the Pan American Games in Santiago de los Caballeros.
2011 Veitía won the Cuban Championship for the first time. In the same year he also won the silver medal at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara. At the world championships in the same year in Baku Veitía retired after victories among others about Birschan Schaqypow, Kazakhstan ( 21:11 ), in the quarterfinals to eventual bronze medalist Pürewdordschiin Serdamba, Mongolia (RSC 1 ), from. 2012 started Veitía at the Olympic Games in London. After a preliminary round victory over Billy Ward, Australia ( 26:4 ), but he already retired in the second round against the defending champion Zhou Shiming, China ( 14:11 ) from.
At the World Championships in 2013 Almaty Veitía reached the semi-final against Schaqypow, the time he was defeated 3-0 judges votes.