Bárbaro Morgan

Bárbaro Morgan

Morgan (left) wrestling Ilya Mate at the 1980 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Bárbaro Julio Morgan Soroa
Born	4 December 1951 Florida, Cuba
Died	January 2018 (aged 66)[1]
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
Sport	Freestyle wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestling, sambo
Medal record Representing  Cuba Freestyle wrestling World Championships 1978 Mexico City -100 kg World Cup 1978 Toledo -100 kg 1979 Toledo -100 kg Pan American Games 1971 Cali -90 kg 1975 Mexico City -90 kg 1979 San Juan -100 kg Central American and Caribbean Games 1974 Santo Domingo -90 kg 1978 Medellin -100 kg Greco-Roman wrestling Pan American Games 1975 Mexico City -90 kg 1979 San Juan -100 kg Sambo Pan American Games 1983 Caracas +100 kg

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]

References

1. Bárbaro Morgan's obituary (in Spanish)
2. Details of Bárbaro Morgan profile available at the United World Wrestling Database.
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bárbaro Morgan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
4. Steven Olderr (2003). The Pan American Games / Los Juegos Panamericanos: A Statistical History, 1951–1999, bilingual edition / Una Historia Estadistica, 1951–1999, edicion bilingue. McFarland. pp. 324, 327, 329. ISBN 978-0-7864-4336-9.

External links

• Bárbaro Morgan at the International Wrestling Database
• Bárbaro Morgan at Olympedia (archive)
• Barbaro Morgan Sorda at Olympics.com