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{{Short description|Cuban boxer (1947–2023)}}
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{{Infobox boxer (amateur)
| name           = Rolando Garbey
| image          = 
| caption        = 
| full_name      = Rolando Garbey Garbey
| birth_date     = {{Birth-date|19 November 1947}}
| birth_place    = [[Santiago de Cuba]], Cuba
| death_date     = {{Death-date and age|16 December 2023|19 November 1947}}
| death_place    = [[Havana]], Cuba
| height         = 183 cm
| weight         = 71 kg
| weight_class   = [[Light middleweight]] (-71&nbsp;kg)
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates = 
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[boxing]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{CUB}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Boxing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]]|[[Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Light middleweight|Light middleweight]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]|[[Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Light middleweight|Light middleweight]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Amateur Boxing Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships|1974 Havana]]|Light middleweight}} 
{{Medal|Competition|[[Boxing at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1967 Pan American Games|1967 Winnipeg]]|[[Boxing at the 1967 Pan American Games|Light middleweight]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1971 Pan American Games|1971 Cali]]|[[Boxing at the 1971 Pan American Games|Light middleweight]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1975 Pan American Games|1975 Mexico City]]|[[Boxing at the 1975 Pan American Games|Light middleweight]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Central American and Caribbean Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1970 Central American and Caribbean Games|1970 Panama]]|Light middleweight }}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1974 Central American and Caribbean Games|1974 Santo Domingo]]|Light middleweight}}
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'''Rolando Garbey Garbey'''{{fnf|Garbey|Garbey|lang=Spanish}} (19 November 1947 – 16 December 2023) was a Cuban [[boxing|boxer]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Rolando Garbey |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/rolando-garbey-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203053316/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/rolando-garbey-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016}}</ref> He competed in the Light Middleweight (71&nbsp;kg) category. He won an Olympic silver medal in 1968 and a bronze medal in 1976. In 1974, at the inaugural [[1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships|1974 World Championships]] in [[Havana, Cuba]], he won the world title. Garbey was also a gold medalist at light middleweight at the Pan-American games in 1967, 1971, and 1975.

Garbey died from a [[cardiac arrest]] in Havana, on 16 December 2023, at the age of 76.<ref>{{Cite web |title=El boxeo de luto: falleció Rolando Garbey, campeón mundial y medallista olímpico |trans-title=Boxing in mourning: Rolando Garbey, world champion and Olympic medalist, passes away |url=https://oncubanews.com/deportes/boxeo/el-boxeo-de-luto-fallecio-rolando-garbey-campeon-mundial-y-medallista-olimpico/ |website=oncubanews.com |language=es |date=17 December 2023}}</ref>

== Olympic results ==
'''Mexico City - 1968'''
*Quarterfinal: Defeated [[Eric Blake]] (Great Britain) by first-round knockout
*Semifinal: Defeated [[John Baldwin (boxer)|Johnny Baldwin]] (United States) by decision, 4-1
*Final: Lost to [[Boris Lagutin]] (Soviet Union) by decision, 0-5 (was awarded silver medal)

'''Munich - 1972'''
*Defeated [[Ricky Barnor]] (Ghana) by decision, 5-0
*Defeated [[Franz Csandl]] (Austria) by decision, 5-0
*Defeated [[Jae Keun-Lim]] (South Korea) by second-round technical knockout
*Lost to [[Wiesław Rudkowski]] (Poland) by decision, 1-4

'''Montreal - 1976'''
*Round of 32: Defeated [[Dashnian Olzwoi]] (Mongolia) by third-round knockout
*Round of 16: Defeated [[Earl Liburd]] (Virgin Islands) referee stopped contest in second round
*Quarterfinal: Defeated [[Kalevi Kosunen]] (Finland) referee stopped contest in first round 
*Semifinal: Lost to [[Tadija Kačar]] (Yugoslavia) by decision, 1-4 (was awarded bronze medal)

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{Olympics.com|rolando-garbey}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{InterSportStats|3000517845}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027130351/http://www.geocities.com/pedrinet/rgarbey.html |date=27 October 2009 |title=Record }}

{{Footer World Amateur Champions Light Middleweight}}
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