Bárbaro Morgan Explained

Full Name:Bárbaro Julio Morgan Soroa
Birth Date:4 December 1951
Birth Place:Florida, Cuba
Death Date:January 2018 (aged 66)[1]
Height:184 cm
Sport:Freestyle wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestling, sambo
Show-Medals:yes

Bárbaro Julio Morgan Soroa (4 December 1951  - January 2018) was a heavyweight wrestler from Cuba, who competed in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling,[2] winning a bronze medal at the 1978 World Championships in men's freestyle. He competed in men's freestyle at the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics and placed fifth-eighth.[3] Morgan won three silver medals in freestyle wrestling at the Pan American Games in 1971–1979 and a gold medal in sambo in 1983 – the only year when sambo tournament was held at those games.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.granma.cu/deportes/2018-01-31/fallece-barbaro-morgan-primer-cubano-medallista-mundial-de-lucha-31-01-2018-16-01-43 Bárbaro Morgan's obituary
  2. Details of Bárbaro Morgan profile available at the United World Wrestling Database.
  3. Bárbaro Morgan . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418123634/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/barbaro-morgan-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 16 June 2012.
  4. Book: Steven Olderr. The Pan American Games / Los Juegos Panamericanos: A Statistical History, 1951–1999, bilingual edition / Una Historia Estadistica, 1951–1999, edicion bilingue. 2003. McFarland. 978-0-7864-4336-9. 324, 327, 329.