Yuri Falcão

Brazilian boxer (born 2002)

Yuri Falcão
Personal information
National teamBrazil
Born (2002-08-18) 18 August 2002 (age 21) [1]
Espírito Santo, Brazil
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [2]
Sport
CountryBrazil
SportBoxing
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Santiago -63.5 kg

Yuri Falcão dos Reis (born 18 August 2002 in Espírito Santo) is a Brazilian boxer.[3][4] He is the nephew of Olympic medalists Yamaguchi Falcão and Esquiva Falcão.[5]

Career

In 2021, he competed in the 2021 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships in Kielce, Poland, where he reached the quarterfinals in the -60 kg category.[6]

He was champion of the Brazilian Boxing Championship in 2022 and 2023. [7]

At the 2023 IBA Men's World Boxing Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, he won two fights, but in the round of 16, facing Olympic medalist and world champion from Cuba Lázaro Álvarez, he ended up being eliminated in the Light welterweight category. [8][9]

At the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, he won a bronze medal in the 63.5 kg category.[10]

References

  1. ^ Relação de inscrições
  2. ^ Quem são os atletas capixabas que vão disputar o Pan-Americano 2023?
  3. ^ Profile at BoxRec
  4. ^ Abner Teixeira e Yuri Reis avançam às oitavas do Mundial de Boxe
  5. ^ Quem são os atletas capixabas que vão disputar o Pan-Americano 2023?
  6. ^ Yuri dos Reis perde para cazaque e dá adeus ao Mundial de Boxe
  7. ^ Quem são os atletas capixabas que vão disputar o Pan-Americano 2023?
  8. ^ Yuri Falcão estreia com vitória no Mundial Masculino
  9. ^ Abner Teixeira e Yuri Reis avançam às oitavas do Mundial de Boxe
  10. ^ Capixaba Yuri Falcão conquista a medalha de bronze no Pan de Santiago

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