MARTINEZ RIVAS Yuberjen Herney

Date of Birth: 1 Nov 1991

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Place of birth: TURBO

Birth Country:

Colombia

Place of residence : BOGOTA

Residence Country:

Colombia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Boxing	Men's Fly (48-52kg)	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Kokugikan Arena	Men's Fly (48-52kg) - Preliminaries - Round of 32 #57 BOT MAHOMMED ROMAHOMMED Rajab Otukile 0 COL MARTINEZ RIVAS YHMARTINEZ RIVAS Yuberjen Herney 5 WP	Finished
	Kokugikan Arena	Men's Fly (48-52kg) - Preliminaries - Round of 16 #190 IND AMITAMIT 1 COL MARTINEZ RIVAS YHMARTINEZ RIVAS Yuberjen Herney 4 WP	Finished
	Kokugikan Arena	Men's Fly (48-52kg) Quarterfinal 1 #232 COL MARTINEZ RIVAS YHMARTINEZ RIVAS Yuberjen Herney 1 JPN TANAKA RTANAKA Ryomei 4 WP	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

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

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Light Fly	2017	Hamburg, GER
9	Fly	2019	Yekaterinburg, RUS

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Light Fly	2019	Lima, PER

Pan American Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Light Fly	2017	Tegucigalpa, HON

Listening to music. (eltiempo.com, 14 Apr 2020)

Occupation:

University of Antioquia, Colombia

Languages spoken:

Rafael Iznaga [national]; Raul Ortiz [national]

2011 for Colombia, in Cuba (elcolombiano.com, 21 Nov 2011)

He began boxing at age 16. (ONS, 14 Aug 2016)

"Boxing is useful for following a good path and having discipline." (elcolombiano.com, 21 Nov 2011)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (antena2.com, 26 Mar 2021)

Winning silver in the light flyweight category at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (OlimpicoCol YouTube channel, 03 Feb 2020)

US boxer Sugar Ray Leonard, Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao, Cuban boxer Guillermo Ringondeaux. (eltiempo.com, 14 Apr 2020)

He was flag bearer for Colombia at the opening ceremony of the 2017 Bolivarian Games in Santa Marta, Colombia. (eltiempo.com, 01 Nov 2017)

General Interest

Olympic qualifying results
He secured a spot for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo through the IOC Boxing Task Force [BTF] rankings. (elheraldo.co, 13 May 2021)

General
WEIGHT CLASS CHANGE
Having won silver in the light flyweight category at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, he will compete in the flyweight division at Tokyo 2020 after changes were made to which weight classes would be included on the programme. "I feel very strong in this category." (caracol.com.co, 17 May 2021; conexioncapital.co, 20 May 2020)

EARLY DAYS
His parents were initially sceptical about him boxing. "At first I did not have any support from my family because we are from the Anglican church and they could not believe that I was fighting with other guys. My father talked to me and he did not support it at the beginning but afterwards I explained to him that I really liked it. And then he supported it and I began working with my first coach Mr Blanco." (ONS, 14 Aug 2016)

PROFESSIONAL CAREER
In 2021 he announced he would turn professional following the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (antena2.com, 26 Mar 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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