FINOL RIVAS Yoel

Venezuela

Boxing

Date of Birth: 21 Sep 1996

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.72/5'7''

Place of birth: MERIDA

Birth Country:

Venezuela

Place of residence : MERIDA

Residence Country:

Venezuela

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Boxing	Men's Fly (48-52kg)	17

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Kokugikan Arena	Men's Fly (48-52kg) - Preliminaries - Round of 32 #59 JPN TANAKA RTANAKA Ryomei 5 WP VEN FINOL RIVAS YFINOL RIVAS Yoel 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Fly	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Fly	2015	Doha, QAT
17	Feather	2019	Yekaterinburg, RUS

Occupation:

Athlete

Languages spoken:

Spanish

Coach:

Omar Coffi [national], USA

Hand:

Southpaw (aiba.org, 30 Sep 2015)

Start:

He began boxing in 2006 in Merida, Venezuela. (aiba.org, 30 Sep 2015; americanbc.org, 21 Sep 2015)

Reason:

His uncle taught him the basics of the sport. (americanbc.org, 21 Sep 2015)

Ambition:

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (elnacional.com, 26 Jun 2021)

Influence:

His sister Jennifer, who passed away. (elnacional.com, 26 Jun 2021)

Philosophy:

"Boxing is the art of fighting with the fists using the heart." (Twitter profile, 30 Jun 2021)

General Interest

Olympic qualifying results
He secured a spot for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo through the IOC Boxing Task Force [BTF] rankings. (rdnoticias.net, 04 Jun 2021)

General
MEDAL UPGRADE
In September 2018, his bronze medal from the flyweight category at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was upgraded to silver after the original silver medallist, Misha Aloian of the Russian Federation, was disqualified after testing positive for a prohibited substance. (contextodiario.com, 10 Sep 2018; scorum.com, 11 Sep 2018)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
WP:: Win on Points

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