Yoel Finol
Finol at the 2015 Pan American Games | |
Personal information | |
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Born |
21 September 1996 (age 20) Mérida, Venezuela |
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) |
Sport | |
Sport | Boxing |
Club | Hermanos Varela |
Coached by | Ydol Alfredo Gonzalez[1] |
Medal record
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Yoel Segundo Finol Rivas (born 21 September 1996) is a Venezuelan flyweight boxer. He won a bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. Finol will compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]
Career
He took up boxing in 2006 and fights as a southpaw.[1]
He earned his first triumphs in national championships in his country, where he won first place in the Junior National Championship in the categories -34 kilos (2011) and -40 kilos (2012), and National Youth Games in the category - 49 kilos (2013).
In 2014 he participated in the World Youth Championship International Boxing Association (AIBA), held in Sofia (Bulgaria), where he was in the 7th position.[3]
In 2015 he represented Venezuela in the Pan American Games held in Toronto, Canada, where he won the bronze medal in flyweight (-49 kg). That same year, he won a gold medal in the American Continental Championship Boxing Confederation (CAMA), this time in flyweight (-52 kilos), after defeating in the end to Cuban Yosbany Veitía by 2-1.[3]
In 2016 he won a gold medal in flyweight in the World Olympic Qualifying held in Vargas (Venezuela), after defeating German Hamza Touba by 3 to 0.[4]
This, qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 2016.[2] In the Olympics, where he went through to the semifinals.[5]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yoel Finol. |
- 1 2 YOEL FINOL – 52 KG. aiba.org
- 1 2 "Yoel Segundo Finol". Rio 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- 1 2 "YOEL FINOL - 52 KG - AIBA". Retrieved 2016-08-18.
- ↑ Olmos, Rafael. "Con Yoel Finol el futuro del boxeo está en Río". El Prespecto.
- ↑ https://www.rio2016.com/en/boxing-standings-bx-mens-fly-52kg
- This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Spanish Wikipedia.