VIVAS PALACIOS Jorge Luis

Date of Birth: 22 Jan 1988

Age: 33

Gender: Male

Place of birth: TURBO

Birth Country:

Colombia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Boxing	Men's Light Heavy (75-81kg)	17

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Kokugikan Arena	Men's Light Heavy (75-81kg) - Preliminaries - Round of 32 #41 COL VIVAS PALACIOS JLVIVAS PALACIOS Jorge Luis 1 GBR WHITTAKER BWHITTAKER Benjamin 4 WP	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
17	Middle	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Middle	2017	Hamburg, GER

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Middle	2019	Lima, PER

Pan American Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Middle	2017	Tegucigalpa, HON

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Rafael Iznaga [national]; Raul Ortiz [national]

Orthodox (Cheche Toirac YouTube channel, 27 Jul 2015)

In December 2015 he was named Boxer of the Year by the Colombian Boxing Federation. (elmundo.com, 19 Mar 2016)

He began boxing at age 14 at high school in Carepa, Colombia. (elmundo.com, 19 Mar 2016; Andres F Baptista YouTube channel, 11 Feb 2016)

"When I was in high school, I used to get into fights and my mother was being summoned there almost every day. I thought that I could channel my aggression by doing a sport, so I tried weightlifting, athletics, and football. In the end I discovered that boxing was my thing." (Andres F Baptista YouTube channel, 11 Feb 2016)

His mother, and his first coach Dario Sepulveda. (elmundo.com, 19 Mar 2016; Andres F Baptista YouTube channel, 11 Feb 2016)

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)

Legend

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

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