# @gettysport on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BHnICFzgPHA
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/13261161-gettysport-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2016-07-08T18:56:35.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty Images Sport (@GettySport) — https://gondola.cc/GettySport

## Caption

Barcelona, 1992: “The Golden Boy” #50Days50Moments
USA boxer #OscarDeLaHoya, then just 19 years old, wins #gold at the 1992 #Olympics in #Barcelona, Spain. The emotional victory came just two years after his mother, Cecelia, died following a long battle with breast cancer. #DeLaHoya, who previously promised his mother he would win a #GoldMedal, defeated Germany's Marco Rudolph to fulfill her wish. | August, 1992 | 📷: Mike Powell /Allsport | #GettySport #Rio2016 #RoadToRio #Olympics #🏅#🇺🇸 #TeamUSA #Boxing
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goldmedal, roadtorio, rio2016, teamusa, oscardelahoya, boxing, gettysport, barcelona, 50days50moments, gold, olympics, delahoya

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