José Kelvin de la Nieve
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| Born | August 22, 1986 Los Alcarrizos, Dominican Republic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Light flyweight, Flyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Jose Manuel Berdonce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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José Kelvin de la Nieve Linares (born August 28, 1986, in Los Alcarrizos, Dominican Republic) is a boxer who competed in the light flyweight weight class at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics for Spain.
He became a Spanish citizen in 2000 and is based out of Huelva. He has been competing with the Club Deportivo Yoon. After failing to qualify for the 2004 Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the 2005 Mediterranean Games and was able to become the only boxer from Spain to box in Beijing. He lost his Olympic debut to American southpaw Luis Yanez 9:12.
De la Nieve won silver at the 2008 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Liverpool, England after he lost to Hovhannes Danielyan in the final.[1]
At the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Moscow, Russia he won the bronze medal after he lost to Paddy Barnes from Ireland in the Semifinals.
He qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, but again lost in the first round, this time to Carlos Quipo of Ecuador.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Medallists by weight category" (PDF). AIBA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
- ^ "46 - 49 kg (Light Fly weight) men results - Boxing - London 2012 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
External links[edit]
- Yahoo profile
- Interview in Spanish
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- Spanish male boxers
- Boxers at the 2015 European Games
- European Games competitors for Spain
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain
- Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
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- Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing
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