{{Short description|Cuban boxer (born 1972)}} {{family name hatnote|Romero|Esquivel|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox boxer (amateur)| | name=Maikro Romero | image= | image_size= | caption = | fullname = Maikro Eusebio Romero Esquivel | nicknames = | nationality = Cuban | weight class = Light Flyweight and Flyweight | club = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|12|9}} | birth_place = Guantánamo | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.65|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|48|kg|lb}} | medaltemplates= {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold| 1996 Atlanta | Flyweight}} {{MedalBronze| 2000 Sydney | Light Flyweight}} {{MedalCompetition|World Amateur Championships}} {{MedalGold| 1997 Budapest | Light Flyweight}} {{MedalSilver| 1999 Houston | Light Flyweight}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalGold| 1999 Winnipeg | Light Flyweight}} {{MedalCompetition|Central American and Caribbean Games}} {{MedalGold| 1998 Maracaibo | Light Flyweight}} {{MedalBronze| 1993 Ponce | Light Flyweight}} {{MedalCompetition|Goodwill Games}} {{MedalGold |1998 New York|Light Flyweight}} }}
'''Maikro Romero''' (born December 9, 1972) is a Cuban boxer, who won the gold medal in the Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Later he changed weight class to Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) and won the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships. Trying to defend his title in 1999, he lost to Brian Viloria in the final and won a silver medal. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney he won a bronze medal together with Kim Un-Chol of North Korea.
==Amateur highlights== *Two time gold medalist at the Pan American Games (1997, 1999) *Gold medalist at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Budapest *Four time Cuban National Champion (1992–1995)
==Olympic results== '''1996''' *Defeated Eric Morel (United States) 24-12 *Defeated Lernik Papyan (Armenia) 22-6 *Defeated Elias Recaido (Philippines) 18-3 *Defeated Albert Pakeyev (Russia) 12-6 *Defeated Bulat Jumadilov (Kazakhstan) 12-11
'''2000''' *Defeated José Luis Varela (Venezuela) 15-1 *Defeated Marian Velicu (Romania) RSC 4 *Defeated Valeriy Sydorenko (Ukraine) 12-5 *Lost to Brahim Asloum (France) 12-13
==References== * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026224121/http://www.geocities.com/pedrinet/romero.html |date=October 26, 2009 |title=Amateur Record }} * {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/maikro-romero-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417231443/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/maikro-romero-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Maikro Romero}}
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